Amazigh activists are calling on the Moroccan government to declare the Berber New Year a national holiday. Berbers in North Africa are heralding in the Amazigh New Year, with festivities showcasing traditional food, music and dance planned throughout the region. Friday marks the first day of the year 2968 for North Africa’s indigenous inhabitants, who are also known as Amazigh. […]

A modern-day gold rush has hit California as prospectors flock in to search for gold deposits exposed by recent rains. The discovery of gold in 19th century California brought gold diggers rushing to the state, hoping to strike it rich. Recently, heavy rain in California has washed away tonnes of gravel that hid the gold in stream beds, exposing the […]

Data from the US and Mexico shows Obama removing more Mexican citizens, though Trump has stepped up interior removals. The administration of President Donald Trump is still pursuing “a dangerous anti-immigrant agenda”, activists have warned, despite recent figures showing a significant decrease in the number of deportations of Mexican citizens from the United States. According to data by the US […]

Russia’s foreign minister accuses Washington of seeking to establish a Kurdish-controlled entity in north Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said the United States “does not want to keep Syria as a state in its current borders”, accusing Washington of seeking to establish a Kurdish-controlled entity along Turkish and Iraqi border zones. Speaking at an annual press conference in […]

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Gulf crisis has had a negative military and economic impact on the US. The United States secretaries of state and defence have urged for a resolution to the Gulf crisis, as the dispute nears the eight-month mark.  At the inaugural round of the US-Qatar strategic dialogue meeting in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Secretary of […]

The European Union has threatened to take top air-polluting members France, Germany, and Britain to court if they fail to heed a final warning to comply with standards for hazardous air pollutants. The European Union has summoned the environment ministers from nine member states that are some of the bloc’s worst offenders of air pollution. France, Germany and Britain are […]

‘Anti-corruption purge’ detainees released, Saudi attorney general says as various assets secured by government. Saudi Arabia’s Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said that the kingdom has seized more than $100bn in anti-corruption settlements. The amount – SAR400bn ($106.7bn) – represented various types of assets, including real estate, commercial entities, cash and more, Mojeb said in a statement released by the government’s information […]

The twin bombings that occurred in Mogadishu three months ago killed more than 500 Somali civilians, making it the deadliest incident in Somalia’s modern history. Somalia has suffered countless bomb attacks over the years, but the twin explosions in Mogadishu three months ago were the largest ever, killing more than 500 people. More than 1,500 children became orphans as a […]

While the role of president is largely ceremonial, it is regarded as a weathervane of the country’s political direction. Prague, Czech Republic – Incumbent Milos Zeman has won the first round of the Czech presidential election but faces a runoff after failing to gain the outright majority needed to win outright. With over 99 percent of ballots counted, Zeman led the pack […]

A U.S. citizen was detained in Russia on charges of spying, according to NPR. Paul Nicholas Whelan was arrested in Moscow on December 28 for espionage, Russia’s Federal Security Service announced on Monday, a charge that can carry up 20 years in prison if Whelan is convicted. The FSB released a brief statement saying that Whelan had been taken into […]