International News
Russian power creeps across West Africa with Equatorial Guinea mission
By: Reuters 12th December 2024 Russia has deployed up to 200 military instructors to Equatorial Guinea in recent weeks to protect the presidency, sources told Reuters, showing... →
HSBC, World Bank's IFC launch $1bn trade finance programme for emerging markets
By: Reuters 12th December 2024 HSBC and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) will jointly provide funding to trade transactions valued at up to $1-billion, in... →
ICC suspect ordered murder and rape in Sudan's Darfur, judges hear
By: Reuters 11th December 2024 The International Criminal Court's (ICC's) chief prosecutor told judges on Wednesday that the suspect in the first trial examining war crimes in... →
Trump picks Tom Barrack to serve as US Ambassador to Turkey
By: Bloomberg 11th December 2024 President-elect Donald Trump said he is tapping Tom Barrack, the founder of Colony Capital LLC, to serve as ambassador to Turkey, elevating a... →
Russia’s Africa strategy at risk after Syria regime collapse
By: Bloomberg 11th December 2024 The swift collapse of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria threatens a key Russian airbase in the country that Moscow has depended on to project... →
Sudan again tops International Rescue Committee crises watchlist
By: Reuters 11th December 2024 Sudan - for the second year in a row - topped a 2025 watchlist of global humanitarian crises released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC)... →
Human trafficking rises sharply after dropping during pandemic, UN says
By: Reuters 11th December 2024 Human trafficking has risen sharply due to conflicts, climate-induced disasters and global crises, according to a United Nations report published... →
India downplays Brics common currency plan that angered Trump
By: Bloomberg 6th December 2024 There has been no decision by the so-called Brics block about creating a common currency to reduce usage of the dollar, India’s central bank chief... →
