Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell blames ‘external factors’ for the delay in reinstating Iran’s tattered nuclear accord with world powers. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1603 EAT on Friday 11/03/2022. The European Union’s foreign policy chief says “a pause” is needed in ongoing talks over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers, blaming “external…
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Top Russia, Ukraine diplomats in Turkey for first talks.
Negotiations mediated by Ankara are the first high-level contact between the two sides since Moscow’s invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1127 EAT on Thursday 10/03/2022. The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine are set for face-to-face talks in Turkey in the first high-level contact between the two sides since…
ISIL suicide bomber of Pakistan mosque was Afghan exile: Police.
Police also said they killed three suspects allegedly involved in last week’s bombing in Peshawar that killed 64 people. Volunteers examine the site of last week’s explosion inside a Shia mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan [Muhammad Sajjad/AP] Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1058 EAT on Thursday 10/03/2022. An ISIL (ISIS) suicide bomber who killed 64…
There is Riots and snubs in Pacific Islands which is growing wariness of China.
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1035 EAT on Thursday 10/03/2022. The president of Kiribati, prime ministers of Fiji, Tonga and Niue, and the foreign ministers of Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia and Solomon Islands appeared in windows on a screen, their video summit meant to herald a new promise in China’s…
HRW urges release of two South Sudanese arrested for government criticism.
Both men face the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted of undermining the country’s constitution. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1747 EAT on Wednesday 9/03/2022. Global watchdog Human Rights Watch has called for the release of a clergyman and a university professor in South Sudan, both detained since last year for criticising the…
Fire at Bangladesh; Rohingya camp kills boy and leaves 2,000 homeless.
Sixth fire this year at the world’s biggest refugee camp kills a six-year-old boy and destroys 300 homes. Published by Faith Barbara at 1207 on Wednesday 9/03/2022. A blaze has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, killing a six-year-old boy and leaving about 2,000 people homeless in the sixth fire this year to…
At least two jailed US citizens are freed by Venezuela after talks.
Move comes as Venezuela signals interest in improving relations with the US amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1054 EAT on Wednesday 9/03/2022. Venezuela has freed two jailed US citizens in an apparent goodwill gesture following a visit to Caracas by a high-level delegation from Washington. One of the prisoners…
Poland Ready To Place All Its MIG-29 Jets At The Disposal Of U.S.
Updated at 0756 EAT ON 09th March 2022. WARSAW, March 8 – Poland is ready to deploy all its MIG-29 jets to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and put them at the disposal of the United States, and urges other NATO members that own planes of that type to do the same, the Foreign Ministry…
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