Category: International News
Nations Call For Stability, Peace As Syria Rebels Oust Assad
Flags of participating countries are pictured inside the International media centre at the G20 venue, days ahead of its commencement in New Delhi on September [more…]
Paternity Fraud: UK Court Overturns Ruling, Orders Nigerian’s Deportation
Olutobi Ogunbawo A United Kingdom upper tribunal has reversed a previous ruling that stopped the deportation of 43-year-old Nigerian Olutobi Ogunbawo. The decision comes [more…]
West Ham Striker Antonio in Shocking Car Crash: First Words Revealed by Witness Dog Walker
DAZED Prem star Michail Antonio asked a witness who rushed to help after his horror crash: “Where am I? What’s going on? What car am [more…]
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with Sergei Mironov (not pictured), A Just Russia party leader, at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 22, 2024. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP) Advertisement Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies, hours after he fled the country as Islamist-led rebels entered Damascus. The announcement comes as Russia, a key Assad ally, called for an emergency meeting of the UN security council on the fast-changing situation on the ground in the war-torn country. “Assad and members of his family have arrived in Moscow,” the source told the TASS and Ria Novosti news agencies. “Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds,” he added. Asked whether Assad was confirmed to be in Moscow, a Western official said they believed that was likely the case and had no reason to doubt Moscow’s claim. Advertisement The Kremlin source also said the rebels who ousted Assad in a lightning offensive “guaranteed the security of Russian army bases and diplomatic institutions on Syria’s territory”. Russia, Assad’s biggest backer along with Iran, holds a naval base in Tartus and a military airfield in Khmeimim. Moscow’s forces became militarily involved in the Syrian conflict in 2015, providing support for Assad’s forces to crush the opposition in the bloody civil war. “Russia has always been in favour of a political solution to the Syrian crisis. Our starting point is the need to resume negotiations under the auspices of the UN,” the Kremlin source added. Advertisement A Russian representative to the United Nations announced that Moscow had requested an emergency closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Syria for Monday afternoon. “The consequences (of the events in Syria) for this country and the whole region have not yet been measured,” the official said on Telegram. AFP
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with Sergei Mironov (not pictured), A Just Russia party [more…]
Biden To Meet With National Security Advisors On Syria
US President Joe Biden (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) US President Joe Biden will meet Sunday with his national security advisors over Syria, [more…]
Mahama Returns As Ghana President After Election Win
(FILES) John Dramani Mahama Ghana’s former president John Dramani Mahama won a historic comeback election victory on Sunday after voters appeared to punish the ruling [more…]
1,500 Pupils Walk Out Of North Macedonia School Over Bullying
Virtually all schools were closed across Nigeria between March and July 2020. Most schools only fully reopened in January 2021. More than 1,500 primary and [more…]
South Korean Ruling Party Says ‘Dangerous’ President Must Go
South Korea acting Defence Minister Kim Seon-ho speaks during an emergency briefing on martial law at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul on December [more…]
DR Congo On ‘Maximum Alert’ Over Unknown Deadly Disease
DR Congo flag. The Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday it was on “maximum alert” over a mystery disease that has killed dozens of [more…]
Gangs Recruit Kids As Contract Killers In Sweden Says Investigation
16-year-old Vida Jafari (L) and 17-year-old Viona Toomis are pictured in the neighbourhood of Baronbackarna in Örebro, on September 23, 2024. Sweden has struggled to [more…]