Landslides in northwest Burundi kill at least 26 people
Landslides in Burundi have killed at least 26 people and injured seven, while 10 more people remain missing, the Security Ministry said on Thursday.
Erdogan says allies must support Turkey after it approved NATO plan: NTV
NATO allies should support Turkey in its conflict with Syrian Kurdish fighters after Ankara dropped its objections to the alliance’s defense plans for Poland and the Baltics, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Thursday.
At least 58 dead after migrant boat sinks off Mauritanian coast
At least 58 people drowned after a boat from Gambia carrying around 150 migrants sank off the coast of Mauritania on Wednesday, the Mauritanian interior ministry and U.N. migration agency said.
North Korea: ‘very dangerous challenge’ if Trump calls Kim ‘Rocket Man’ again
Should U.S. President Donald Trump call North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “Rocket Man” again, that would represent a “very dangerous challenge” reminiscent of two years ago, a senior North Korean official warned on Thursday.
Landslides in northwest Burundi kill at least 26 people: security ministry
Landslides in the northwest Burundi province of Cibitoke have killed at least 26 people and injured seven, while 10 more people remain missing, the security ministry said on Thursday.
Azerbaijan to hold parliamentary elections on February 9
Azerbaijan will hold a parliamentary election on Feb. 9, an order posted on the president’s website said on Thursday.
Hong Kong government pledges funds to boost economy hit by months of unrest
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Pirates kidnap 19 crew members from Greek tanker off Nigeria
Pirates have kidnapped 19 crew members from a crude oil tanker off Nigeria in an area where acts of piracy are on the rise, an official with the ship’s operator said on Thursday.
EU powers’ letter to U.N. on Iran’s missiles shows ‘miserable incompetence’: Zarif
Iran said on Thursday a letter from three European powers to the U.N. Security Council accusing Tehran of having nuclear-capable ballistic missiles showed their “miserable incompetence” in fulfilling their commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal.
With memories of Rwanda: The Gambian minister taking on Suu Kyi
The genocide case brought against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the first of its kind initiated since the 1990s – may not have happened at all but for a scheduling conflict.
