BOSNEK (AFP) – In Europe’s deadliest road catastrophe in the last decade, 46 people were killed, including a dozen youngsters, when their tourist bus caught fire on a Bulgarian highway early Tuesday. The reason has not been identified, but officials suspect the bus collided with the guardrails and caught fireRead More →

MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin) — Authorities reported Sunday that an SUV ploughed through a Christmas parade in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, killing four people and injuring at least 20 more according to USA Today. The investigation is still underway, according to Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson, but a “suspect car” wasRead More →

VIENNA, Italy (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Vienna on Saturday, many of them from far-right organisations, after the Austrian government declared a statewide lockdown beginning Monday to combat soaring coronavirus infections. On Saturday, protests against viral restrictions were held in Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, Northern Ireland, andRead More →

DAKAR AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken advised the clandestine Russian mercenary company Wagner on Saturday not to get involved in Mali, as he pushed for a civilian transition in the troubled nation. During a visit to Senegal, Blinken stated that the US was “contributing to efforts withRead More →

KABUL (Reuters) – According to sources, Afghanistan’s Taliban administration will begin paying outstanding paychecks to government employees on Saturday. Thousands of Afghan government employees are due at least three months’ pay, one of the numerous difficulties confronting the Taliban since the Islamist outfit took control of the nation in August.Read More →

UNITED NATIONS – A senior committee of the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution reiterating the right to self-determination for peoples subjected to colonial, foreign, and alien occupation on Thursday, with Pakistan describing it as a “cardinal value” of the UN. The resolution, proposed by Pakistan, was co-sponsored byRead More →

KABUL (Reuters) – Two explosions struck the Afghan city of Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring at least six others, including three women, according to Taliban officials and locals. A civilian was killed and six others were injured in a vehicle bomb attack in Dasht-e Barchi,Read More →