Women in Tech Global and UN Women launch “Beyond Ceilings” campaign on women’s empowerment
The "Beyond Ceilings" campaign urges people to confront and challenge the glass ceiling, and reminds the audience of the vast possibilities that await women once they overcome...
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FBI completes Rainbow Bridge car explosion, says it was traffic accident
According to witnesses, the car was running at a speed of more than 160 km/h. As a result, the car...
UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000
Supplies have been slow to arrive in Syria, where years of conflict have ravaged the healthcare system, and parts of...
- A UN convoy with supplies for northwest Syria arrived via Turkey, but the agency's relief chief Martin Griffiths said much more was needed for millions whose homes were destroyed
- Bab al-Hawa is the only point for aid to reach people in rebel-held areas of Syria after nearly 12 years of civil war, after other crossings were closed under pressure
At least 20 escape Syria prison holding IS inmates after quake
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said it could not verify whether prisoners had escaped, but confirmed...
- The military police prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about 1,300 of them suspected to be IS fighters
- The 7.8-magnitude quake - which was followed by dozens of aftershocks in the region - caused damage to the prison, with walls and doors cracking
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Musk kicks Kanye West off Twitter for ‘incitement to violence’
West has made a series of anti-Semitic comments recently, as the one-time titan of fashion and music appears to have...
- Just clarifying that his account is being suspended for incitement to violence, not an unflattering pic of me, Musk said in response to West's tweet.
- West had shared a picture of a shirtless Musk getting sprayed with water, captioned: "Let's always remember this as my final tweet."
10 killed in Aleppo building collapse: Syria state media
The five-story building collapsed in the Ferdaws neighbourhood of Aleppo. Civil defence and local authorities evacuated residents from nearby buildings...
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said the collapsed building was located in a neighbourhood "previously bombed with barrel bombs and missiles."
- The conflict in Syria that broke out in 2011 has killed nearly half a million people and forced around half of the country's pre-war population from their homes
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Sudanese journalists form union to safeguard press freedom
The journalists' syndicate held elections on Saturday, the first since ousted president Omar al-Bashir dissolved independent unions after rising to...
- Saturday's ballot named as head of the syndicate Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali, a correspondent for Agence France-Presse in Khartoum said.
- Reporters Without Borders, which ranked Sudan 151 out of 180 countries in its 2022 World Press Freedom Index, welcomed the "positive step".
Morocco bus crash leaves 23 dead, scores injured
An average of 3,500 deaths and 12,000 injuries have been recorded annually in Morocco, according to the National Road Safety...
- The bus overturned on a bend of a motorway in Khouribga province in the morning, an investigation has been opened into the accident
- An average of 3,500 deaths and 12,000 injuries have been recorded annually in Morocco, according to the National Road Safety Agency
Tunisia train accident leaves nearly 100 passengers injured
A head-on collision between two passenger trains injured 95 people on Monday morning in the south of the Tunisian capital,...
- Most of the injured suffered bruises or fractures, none of them life-threatening, sources confirmed
- Between 2017 and 2021, the country saw 173 train accidents which killed 229 people and injured 345
Iranian jet fighter crashes, three killed, reports state TV
Jet fighter crashed in a residential area of the northwestern city of Tabriz.
- Jet fighter crashed in a residential area of the northwestern city of Tabriz
- The head of the local Red Crescent said the jet smashed into a school
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Beyonce, Jay-Z, Grande, and Billie Eilish shortlisted for Oscar
Iran's Asghar Farhad is among a select group of auteurs to have won multiple foreign film Oscars previously again makes...
- Iran's Asghar Farhad is among a select group of auteurs to have won multiple foreign film Oscars previously again makes the cut with morality drama "A Hero."
- The final list of Oscar nominations will be revealed on February 8, and the awards will be handed out on March 27
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Tunisia’s president announces constitutional referendum
Kais Saied presented a roadmap for restoring democratic institutions, and announced a nationwide public consultation from January 1 until March...
- Tunisian president has extended parliament suspension for one more year until December 2022
- Direct meetings would be held to receive suggestions for constitutional reforms of Tunisia
Women in Tech Global and UN Women launch “Beyond Ceilings” campaign on women’s empowerment
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Egypt ex-graft chief freed from prison, charged again: activist
A military court had found Geneina guilty in 2018 of "spreading information to harm the military", after he had said...
- Ahead of his release, Geneina was transferred to civilian state security prosecution, where he was "charged in a new case and released without bail
- Geneina was head of Egypt's Central Auditing Organization until he was sacked by President al-Sisi in 2016 for allegedly exaggerating the cost of corruption
UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000
Supplies have been slow to arrive in Syria, where years of conflict have ravaged the healthcare system, and parts of...
- A UN convoy with supplies for northwest Syria arrived via Turkey, but the agency's relief chief Martin Griffiths said much more was needed for millions whose homes were destroyed
- Bab al-Hawa is the only point for aid to reach people in rebel-held areas of Syria after nearly 12 years of civil war, after other crossings were closed under pressure
At least 20 escape Syria prison holding IS inmates after quake
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said it could not verify whether prisoners had escaped, but confirmed...
- The military police prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about 1,300 of them suspected to be IS fighters
- The 7.8-magnitude quake - which was followed by dozens of aftershocks in the region - caused damage to the prison, with walls and doors cracking