Zambia has pushed back against elements of a proposed health assistance agreement worth more than $1 billion (Sh129 billion) with the United States (US), citing misalignment with its national interests, the government said on Wednesday. The five-year deal would govern US funding for HIV and malaria programmes, disease outbreakContinue Reading
World Economic Forum Chief Executive Officer Borge Brende is stepping down from his position after it emerged he had ties with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Alois Zwinggi will serve as interim chief and president, according to a statement by the forum’s Co-Chairs Andre Hoffmann and Larry Fink on Thursday.Continue Reading
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Monday that his country will resist what he termed as Ukraine’s “open political blackmail” regarding the suspension of crude oil deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline. Addressing the opening of the parliament’s spring session, Orban accused Ukraine of attempting to exert pressure on HungaryContinue Reading
Nearly 20 countries, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation jointly condemned on Monday recent Israeli decisions to expand unlawful control over the West Bank. In a joint statement, foreign ministers of countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, among others, along with the secretaries-generalContinue Reading
World leaders and heads of international organizations have sent their blessings to Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, congratulating the Chinese people on the New Year of the Horse. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that over the past year, theContinue Reading
Burundi on Saturday officially assumed the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) for 2026 during the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye took over the chairmanship from Angolan PresidentContinue Reading
China opposes any country disrupting the international economic and trade order by rules of “small circles,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, in response to a related query about the so-called “critical minerals alliance” established by the United States. Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a dailyContinue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that India will begin buying Venezuelan oil instead of importing from Iran, following Delhi’s decision to reduce Russian energy imports. “They’re going to be buying Venezuelan oil as opposed to buying it from Iran,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “We’veContinue Reading
Russia strongly condemns the latest restrictive measures imposed by the United States on Cuba, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Saturday. Zakharova made the remarks in response to a media question regarding a U.S. executive order published on Thursday, which threatened to impose tariffs on countries that sellContinue Reading
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that while Europe remains a close partner to the United States, it is not a subordinate power. In a government statement delivered to the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, Merz emphasized that the trust built within NATO remains the “best guarantee forContinue Reading
