The gruesome and dramatic killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey has captivated media outlets around the world. A columnist for the Washington Post, Khashoggi had been living in the United States since 2017 as a Saudi exile. Some have...
Paris-French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed support for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ambitious reforms and diplomatic peace efforts. The 42-year-old African leader was on a working visit Monday to France in his first trip to Europe since taking office...
Shafa Al Nahda Contracting, the main contractor expanding Dubai port operator DP World’s Port of Berbera in Somaliland, has revealed how it plans to employ staff for the project. Shafa Al Nahda was awarded DP World’s contract to expand Berbera Port due to...
The incumbent leader announced she’d not seek re-election once her mandate finishes in 2021, as neither Chancellor nor party leader. It follows her Christian Democratic Union party’s “disappointing” slip in polls Sunday in key German state Hesse. CDU’s Bavarian sister party also...
No survivors have been found after Lion Air Flight JT 610 from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang, on the Indonesian island of Bangka, crashed into the sea today 13 minutes after takeoff. Flight controllers lost contact with the plane shortly after the pilot...
New York, October 29, 2018--A lack of justice in the murders of journalists creates an entrenched climate of censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in its Global Impunity Index released today. The eleventh annual report highlights countries where journalists are...
The far-right politician cast himself as a “defender of freedom” and promised to unite a divided population after easily beating Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers’ Party in a second-round runoff yesterday. Bolsonaro — a populist who’s been compared to President Donald Trump for...
New York, October 25, 2018—The Committee to Protect Journalists is pleased to announce that AT&T is donating $250,000 to support the organization’s defense of journalists and press freedom. AT&T acquired Time Warner this year and is now the parent...
Thirty years ago, the US-backed Somali government slaughtered an estimated 200,000 people. Now survivors want US help uncovering the crimes. By Ismail Einashe and Matt Kennard On a hot and humid June afternoon, a group of boys wearing FC Barcelona jerseys kicked around a...
Digital money transfer company, WorldRemit, has appointed the former CEO of the FTSE 100 company Paddy Power Betfair plc, Breon Corcoran, as its new chief executive. WorldRemit’s pioneering digital technology has disrupted the remittance industry, driving the industry’s evolution from...