An Ethiopian Boeing 737-800MAX flight to Nairobi has crashed with 149 onboard passengers and eight crew members between Addis Ababa and Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, confirmed the Ethiopian prime minister’s office on Sunday. The Boeing 737 flight crashed while it was en route to Nairobi. A Reuters report has now indicated that all 157 on board […]
Kataeb Hezbollah, a hardline pro-Iran faction in Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi military network, warned Iraqi troops to keep their distance from US forces at military bases. “We ask security forces in the country to get at least 1,000 metres away from U.S. bases starting on Sunday at 5:00pm (1930 IST),” said the group. The vehemently anti-American […]
In his first address to Parliament since becoming President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday sought constitutional and electoral reform, for “a strong executive and legislature” and sovereignty of the people. While preserving the “positive characteristics” of the proportional representation system, electoral reforms were needed to ensure the “stability of the Parliament and to ensure the direct […]
