Politics

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Friday it had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for his responsibility for war crimes committed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion. “Today, 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for two individuals …

New Zealand will ban Chinese social network TikTok from devices issued to members of parliament, officials announced on Friday, following the country’s footsteps with other Western nations that have taken similar measures. According to Rafael Gonzalez-Montero, an official of the New Zealand Parliament, the risks are “not acceptable in the …

The West African troops silently pulled their small boats up to a rust-stained ferry and swarmed up its sides on grappling hooks to disarm the mock kidnappers onboard. The drill in Ghana’s Volta river on Saturday was carried out during the first ever maritime exercises organized by the U.S. military …

The US government has asked the parent company of TikTok, the Chinese ByteDance, to sell its shares in the famous application, otherwise it will be banned in the United States, according to an article from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published this Wednesday. Pressure has been mounting for years in …

US ambassador to Kenya has held a meeting with the LGBT community in the country to show support amid hardening attitudes against the group. “The US proudly advances efforts to protect LGBTQI+ persons from discrimination and violence and will continue to stand up for human rights and equality, ” Ambassador …

Rwandan authorities on Tuesday announced a ban on traders selling unrefrigerated meat for at least 24 hours, local media reported. According to the National Agency for Quality Control, Competition and Consumer Protection (Rica), fresh meat that has not been refrigerated contains organisms that can transmit diseases to consumers. “The consequences …

China will relaunch from Wednesday its issuance of virtually all its visas for foreigners, very restricted since the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese Embassy in Washington announced on Monday, a new step towards a return to normal wanted by Beijing. “In addition, visas issued by Beijing before March 28, 2020 and …

Tunisia’s new parliament sat for the first time on Monday but the opposition coalition said it would not recognize its legitimacy after an election with a turnout of just 11%. President Kais Saied shut down the previous elected parliament in July 2021, ruling by decree in a move that opposition …

Those responsible for the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the financial institution Signature Bank will be “accountable”, US President Joe Biden said. “I am firmly committed to holding accountable those responsible for this mess,” Joe Biden said in a statement, assuring that “American people and businesses can be …

The boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigojine, said he wanted to become “president” of Ukraine, in a video posted on social networks on Saturday by the press service of his company Concord. “I have a political ambition: I have decided to stand in the Ukrainian presidential election …