By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1127 EAT on Wednesday 14 May 2025 Following the private meeting between the leaders of Syria, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, Donald Trump is now at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit currently under way in Riyadh After this, the US president will be heading to Qatar for the second…

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1747 EAT on Tuesday 13 May 2025 The cost of food in the US increased significantly amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the steep inflation that followed. While prices have stabilized more recently, new factors have already driven up the costs for eggs and threaten to increase them for other common household…

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1729 EAT on Tuesday 13 May 2025 Among the agreements between the US and Saudi Arabia announced today is “the largest defence sales agreement in histor, the White House says. It adds that the agreement is worth nearly $142bn (£107bn) and includes providing Saudi Arabia with “state-of-the-art warfighting…

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1512 EAT on Tuesday 13 May 2025 A group of 59 white South Africans has arrived in the US, where they are to be granted refugee status. President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country’s Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of…

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1456 EAT on Tuesday 13 May 2025 Beleaguered Palestinian colleagues in Gaza are doing that, still doing invaluable reporting at great risk to themselves. More than 200 have been killed doing their jobs. Israel does not allow international journalists into Gaza. Denied the chance of eyewitness reporting  one…