Former Olympic champion Mo Farah revealed in an article published on Monday he was brought to Britain illegally under the name of another child to work as a domestic servant. Farah told the BBC that he was given the name Mohamed Farah by a woman who fl…
Kyiv slams Russia’s fast-track citizenship for Ukrainians
Ukraine on Monday condemned a decree from President Vladimir Putin that simplified the Russian citizenship procedure for all Ukrainians, more than four months after Russia’s invasion. “The mentioned decree is another encroachment on the sovereignty and…
New UK PM replacing Johnson to be announced on September 5
The new UK prime minister to replace the outgoing Boris Johnson will be announced on September 5, the ruling Conservative party said on Monday, with 11 hopefuls currently vying for the job. The leadership contest was triggered last week when Johnson, 5…
Tunisia: Opposition renews call for referendum boycott
A Tunisian opposition alliance renewed calls on Monday for a boycott of a July 25 referendum on a new constitution promoted by President Kais Saied, despite the publication of an amended draft. The draft constitution is the centrepiece of Saied’s progr…
Rescue teams search for missing in Oman floods
Rescue teams continued to search for missing people in Oman over the weekend after days of heavy rain and flooding killed a number of people, including children. Ambulance teams said a body was found in Wadi Ahin outside the city of Sohar in the north …
Australia’s former FM Bob Carr slams ‘apartheid’ Israel
Australia’s former foreign minister on Sunday denounced Israel for its apartheid practices against Palestinians. Bob Carr, a famously pro-Palestine Australian politician, published a tweet criticising Israel’s nation-state law which endangers the right…
US diplomatic compound planned ‘on stolen Palestinian land’
Israel and the US are planning to set up a diplomatic compound in Jerusalem affiliated with the US embassy on expropriated Palestinian land, human rights NGO Adalah said on Sunday. The US and Israel drafted a plan for a large diplomatic complex in sout…
Jordan seeks ‘healthy relations’ with Iran: Jordanian PM
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh said Sunday that his country seeks healthy relations with Tehran, saying Iran had toned down its threats to neighbouring countries. “It is no secret that Iran’s stance on many issues has posed a challenge to…
Boris Jonson’s resignation is an echo of a deeper crisis
The last week in British politics has been one of high drama. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced into a resignation, of sorts, following the departure of a number of senior government ministers, a slew of junior ministers, and the general loss of …
Iraqis angered at parliament bid to ban homosexuality
Iraqis are standing up against a law that will effectively criminalise being a member of the LGBTQ+ community in the country after the parliament on Friday started planing ways to ban homosexuality. A member of the parliamentary legal committee announc…