14-11-2024 BAKU/ THE HAGUE: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced it has jurisdiction to hear opposing cases brought by arch foes Armenia and Azerbaijan. The UN’s top court said in two separate statements on Tuesday that the two anti-discrimination cases filed by the Caucasus neighbors against each other …

14-11-2024 PORT LOUIS: Opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam has won a landslide victory in Mauritius’s parliamentary vote, the election commission said. The Office of the Electoral Commissioner said on Tuesday that Rangoolam and his Alliance of Change (ADC) coalition won 62.6 percent of the vote, securing the three-time former prime minister …

14-11-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ JERUSALEM: The United Nations’s humanitarian aid chief told a meeting of the Security Council (UNSC) that “acts reminiscent of the gravest international crimes” are being committed in Gaza where Israel’s military continues to bombard, besiege and prevent aid from reaching the civilian population. Addressing the UNSC on …

14-11-2024 WASHINGTON: Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts National Guard, has been jailed for 15 years for leaking classified documents about the war in Ukraine and other military secrets. A federal judge in Boston, United States, on Tuesday sentenced the 22-year-old after he pleaded guilty earlier this year to …

14-11-2024 OTTAWA: Canada’s labour minister is intervening to end the lockouts of workers at the country’s two biggest ports. Minister of Labour Steven Mackinnon said on Tuesday that the negotiations had reached an impasse and he was directing the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the resumption of all operations …

14-11-2024 WASHINGTON/ GAZA/ JERUSALEM: The UN’s Security Council is meeting to discuss humanitarian conditions in Gaza amid warnings of famine in the north and relentless Israeli attacks that killed at least 63 people in 24 hours. The United States finds that Israel is not impeding aid to Gaza and says …

13-11-2024 WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW: Earlier, the BBC had been unable to independently verify reports that Donald Trump had spoken with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin last week. Now, after Trump’s team refused to comment on the alleged conversation, the Kremlin has flatly denied that any dialogue has taken place between Putin and …

13-11-2024 LONDON: A British soldier accused of passing sensitive information to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps pleaded guilty on Monday to escaping from prison while awaiting trial. Daniel Abed Khalife is on trial at London’s Woolwich Crown Court, accused of collecting sensitive information between May 2019 and January 2022. Khalife, …

13-11-2024 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces sent tanks into the western side of Gaza’s Nuseirat camp on Monday in a new incursion into the enclave’s central area, and Palestinian medics said Israeli military strikes had killed at least 11 people since Sunday night. Residents said Israeli tanks opened fire as they …

13-11-2024 ACCRA: Ghana’s main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama looks set to win December’s presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Monday, placing him ahead of his main challenger, ruling party candidate Muhamudu Bawumia. Former president Mahama, 65, and current Vice President Bawumia, 60, are the two main contenders for …