Tag: North Africa
Edinburgh football building momentum on, off field
Edinburgh's new football scoreboard hasn't been put in place yet — largely because it's doubled in size and the posts that supported the previous...
Local Sports Roundup – July 12
GolfShepherd ties for 61st in French LickErica Shepherd carded a final-round 75 to wind up in a tie for 61st at the Symetra Tour's...
Over 100 men jump fences into Spanish city in North Africa
MADRID — Authorities in Melilla said on Monday that 119 African men have entered the autonomous city from a group of over 200 who...
US cites China, Myanmar, Ethiopia in genocide report
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday renewed genocide allegations against China for repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in its northwest Xinjiang...
Egypt court upholds life sentence for 10 Islamists
Cairo — Egypt's highest appeals court upheld on Sunday the sentencing of ten leaders of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, including the group's head, to...
Pope tells South Sudan leaders to make sacrifices for peace
ROME — Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury marked the 10th anniversary of the independence of South Sudan on Friday by urging its...
Egypt urges UN to back call for binding deal on Ethiopia dam
UNITED NATIONS — Egypt’s foreign minister said Wednesday he will urge the U.N. Security Council to require Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to negotiate a...
Spanish police arrest 2 for migrant tragedy in Atlantic
BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish police said Wednesday that they had arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20...
Sinkings leave dozens of migrants dead off Tunisian coast
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian fishermen and naval authorities have retrieved scores of bodies of drowned migrants and rescued more than 160 others in recent...
Suez Canal says deal reached to free seized vessel
CAIRO — The Suez Canal Authority on Sunday said it has reached an agreement to settle a financial dispute with the owners of a...