October 20, 2015 - Page 2

At least eight people were hurt by gunfire and teargas in Congo’s capital Tuesday when protesters braved a government clampdown and took to the streets to protest the president’s bid for a

An EU scheme to relocate asylum seekers from overstretched Italy and Greece could grind to a halt just two weeks after it began if member states fail to meet their obligations, an

The search for the next secretary-general of the United Nations should give special attention to women vying for the top job, the president of the UN General Assembly said Tuesday. Danish diplomat

The People’s Bank of China on Tuesday launched a yuan-denominated bond in London for the first time as it seeks to internationalise its currency. The debt sale worth 5.0 billion yuan (690

The number of cholera cases in Iraq has risen to more than 1,800 as the epidemic spread to the northern autonomous Kurdish region, health officials said Tuesday. “There have been 1,809 recorded

Angolan rapper Luaty Beirao, who has been on hunger strike for a month, will stand trial next month along with 14 other activists on charges of “rebellion and a coup attempt”, Amnesty

Nigeria’s state-run oil firm on Tuesday said it had resolved a dispute with Ghana over accumulated debts that threatened to see gas supplies switched off. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said a

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday he will engage Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the “basics” of administering Jerusalem’s holy sites to try to calm tempers in the city. Kerry