International Forum

The streets which were empty two decades ago, unless for those who carried machetes, today witness young people walking around with laptops, smartphones and all sorts of gadgets: the new weapons...

The United States opposes any move by Rwanda's Gen. Paul Kagame to remove term limits in order to run again in the country's presidential elections two years from now, according to a strongly...

Waziri Hyong Yon Chol amenyongwa kwa kosa la kusinzia katika hafla ya kijeshi iliyohudhuliwa na Raisi Kim Jong Un. Hii imetafasiriwa kuwa ni uzembe na uhaini kwa nchi na Rais. Tayari viongozi 16...

China is one of the countries with strictest laws on drugs, if you get busted red-handed there you're finished! you'll be on the hang-man's noose waiting list. Despite the fact, some people still...

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's army said Saturday it has deployed a suicide drone for the first time in massive ongoing military drills near the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the...

Saudi Arabia's supreme court upheld its sentence of ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes for blogger Raef Badawi on Sunday, his wife told AFP. "This is a final decision that is irrevocable," Ensaf...

A recent "Nakba" story, published in Palestine News Network, includes this factoid: Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) are the largest and longest-standing case of...

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas once again disproved international sources claiming he is a potential "peace partner" last Thursday, as he awarded a "Military Star of Honor" to a...

Rwandan voters want President Paul Kagame to serve a third term and have the power to change the constitution to make this happen, Finance Minister Claver Gatete said. "The president has not said...

At least 44 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in an air strike at the Yemeni army headquarters in the capital Sanaa, according to the Houthi-run Saba news agency. Earlier on...

China is gaining support from key U.S. allies in its push to gain reserve-currency status for the yuan. In recent months, Chinese leaders have attempted to persuade the International Monetary Fund...

Chinese officials and rescuers bowed in mourning towards a battered cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze River, as the death toll from the disaster reached 431 on Sunday, with...

The Obama Economy Sets A New Record: 63rd Consecutive Month of Private Sector Job Growth Unemployment and Earnings Losses: A Look at Long-Term Impacts of the Great Recession on American Workers

TIRANA - The Balkans are being threatened by Isis, which has announced it wants ''revenge for the humiliation suffered by Muslims in Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia''. ''We will arrive with...

Pope Francis released doves as he urged Bosnia's Muslims, Orthodox and Catholics to put the 'deep wounds' of their past behind them and work together for a peaceful future. He arrived in Sarajevo...

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Sen Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.), and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) released the...

Moses Bikala A 40 year old peasant farmer committed suicide on Thursday after he jumped in front of a speeding trailer at Iwawu village along the Iganga-Jinja highway. The deceased, Jeri Mukama...

By Esdras Ndikumana 3 hours ago . . Bujumbura (Burundi) (AFP) - Once asymbol of ethnic unity in post-civil war Burundi, the army is now deeplydivided and faces a growing climate of fear after a...

On May 23 and 24, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) of Rwanda, the country's second largest political party after the ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front, held its fifth congress. Of the many items on...

More than 80 Israeli students have announced their refusal to serve in the Israeli military because of what they call their nation's track-record of oppression in the occupied territories. The...