Uganda holds 3.6 tons of gold possibly from Venezuela

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March 26, 2019 1500 GMT | Juan Guaido (M) Interim president at rally in Valencia, 
northern city of Venezuela | Protest continues amid economic crisis(file Photo AP)

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A gold refinery established by a Belgian is facing Ugandan sanctions over the questionable importation of 7.4 tons of gold earlier in March, adding to growing allegations that minerals from conflict-plagued countries pass through the Uganda-based company.

The company, African Gold Refinery, had already exported 3.8 tons of the gold that may have originated from South America. But police are holding the remaining 3.6 tons as they await advice from the attorney Continue reading →

China chemical plant blast kills 62, death toll expected to rise

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March 21, 2019 1400 GMT | Xiangshui, China | Fires burn at the site of a factory
explosion in chemical industrial park in China's Jiangsu province (AP Photo)

BEIJING (AP) — A massive explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China with a long record of safety violations has killed at least 62 people and injured hundreds of others, 90 of them seriously.

The death toll appeared likely to rise still further, with another 28 people still listed as missing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday. Just 26 of those confirmed Continue reading →

More than 100 dead after cyclone idai hits Mozambique, Zimbabwe

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March 17, 2019 1230 GMT | Biera, Mozambique | The land west of the city  Beira has 
been turned almost into an inland sea | Flood in Mozambique (Flood Photo UNWFP/AFP} 

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AFP) – More than 100 people have died and many more are missing in Mozambique and neighbouring Zimbabwe on Sunday after tropical cyclone Idai barrelled across the southern African nations with flash floods and ferocious winds.

Authorities in Zimbabwe said the toll there had risen to 65 in the east of the country, while Mozambique said 48 people were killed in affected central areas, after the cyclone tore across the region on Friday Continue reading →

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido started campaign in northern city

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March 16, 2019, 1500 GMT | Valencia, Venezuela | Supporters cheer opposition leader
Guaido at rally in Valencia, large crowds gathered in the city Centre (AP Photo)

VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido embarked on a new stage of his campaign to oust embattled president Maduro on Saturday as the rivals held competing rallies in the capital of Caracas, a pattern which has unfolded repeatedly as both sides attempt to convey strength.

Addressing large crowds in the northern city of Valencia, Guaido pledged to deliver a better life for struggling Venezuelans as he began a planned tour of the country Continue reading →

Gunman killed 49 worshipers inside mosques in Christchurch, NZ

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Mar 15, 2019 1100 GMT | Christchurch, NZ | Police outside Linwood Mosque, shooting
by gunman killed 49 at two mosques full of people attending Friday prayer(AP Photo)

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers in an attack broadcast in horrifying, live video by an immigrant-hating white nationalist wielding at least two assault rifles and a shotgun.

One man was arrested and charged with murder, and two other armed suspects were taken into custody while police tried to determine what Continue reading →

Airlines ground Boeing 737 Max jet after fatal plane crash which killed 157 onboard in Ethiopia

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Feb 11, 2019 1700 GMT | Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 parked at Bole International
Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | A Boeing 737 MAX jetliner crashed a day before
which killed 157 passenger onboard 30 miles away in south of Addis Ababa (AP Photo)

HEJERE, Ethiopia (AP) — Airlines in Ethiopia, China, Indonesia and elsewhere grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner Monday after the second devastating crash of one of the planes in five months. But Boeing said it had no reason to pull the popular aircraft from the skies.

As the East African country mourned the 157 victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that went down in clear weather shortly after takeoff Sunday, investigators found the jetliner’s two flight recorders at the crash site outside the capita Continue reading →

Students stage protests across Algeria against president’s bid to 5th term

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Mar 6, 2019 1300  GMT | Students gather at Medecine university to stage protest to
denounce President Bouteflika's bid for a 5th term | Algiers,  Algeria (AP Photo)

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Hundreds of students staged protests on Tuesday in several university cities across Algeria to voice their opposition to ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term.

Following massive street protests last week, students skipped classes and answered calls posted on social networks to join the gatherings held on campuses.

The 81-year-old Bouteflika’s announcement this month that he would seek a new term in the April 18 presidential election has unleashed a wave of protests Continue reading →

The Latest: UN calls for dialogue in Venezuela standoff

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March 4, 2019 1600 GMT | UN monitoring crisis closely | Supporters of Opposition 
leader Juan Guaido rallying near capital, demanding resignation & early election
amid Hyper inflation, corruption, economic crisis | Caracas, Venezuela (AP Photo)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is stressing again that the only way the political conflict in Venezuela can be resolved is through political dialogue.

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric noted reports that opposition leader Juan Guaido returned without incident to Caracas Continue reading →

Juan Guaido arrived in Venezuela to renew his campaign and mount pressure on Maduro to step down

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March 4, 2019 1500 GMT | Opposition Leader Guaido(M) | Caracas, Venezuela(AP Photo)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Juan Guaido arrived today in Caracas to renew ongoing protest against Maduro regime. He landed at the country’s main airport, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Caracas. He said in a tweet he successfully passed through immigration checks.

Several European ambassadors who support his campaign for a change of leadership in Venezuela were at the scene as he arrived Monday. Dozens of countries have recognized Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate leader, arguing that last year’s re-election Continue reading →

Q&A: What’s at stake as India-Pakistan tensions rise?

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Feb 27, 2019 1700  GMT | Worker Painting Cross Sign in Hospital's roof in Kashmir 
amidst Indo-Pak tensions escalated high | Jammu & Kashmir Region, India (AP Photo)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan face their worst tension in years over the disputed region of Kashmir, with Islamabad saying they shot down two Indian warplanes Wednesday and captured a pilot. Pakistan, which previously said it captured two pilots, immediately shut down its civilian airspace in response.

But how did the relations between these two Asian nations become so bad and what’s at stake in this rapidly worsening Continue reading →