MADRID (AP) – It was not the return to action that Karim Benzema had hoped for. Back in Real Madrid’s squad after a long injury layoff, the France striker missed a second-half penalty kick that helped to end the team’s perfect start to the season. Madrid’s streak of nine straight victories in all competitions was […]
Electoral setbacks have left Macky Sall with a razor-thin majority, while he faces outcry over a suspected third-term bid, A sorry spectacle . That is how president Macky Sall qualified the scenes of fighting lawmakers at the opening of the Assemblée nationale, Senegal s 165-strong parliament, on 12 September. For the first time in 60 years, gendarmes entered the parliament building, to put an end to the disorder.
MANILA (AFP) – The Philippines this week called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) not to resume its investigation into former president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war, insisting the tribunal has no jurisdiction. The appeal came on the day of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan’s deadline for Manila to respond to his request to restart the […]
THE STAR – Two fishermen suffered minor injuries while another went missing after their boat collided with another boat at Sungai Sedili, near Jalan Kerisi, Kampung Sungai Sembayong in Malaysia. Kota Tinggi Fire and Rescue Department operation commander Rafiee A Karim said that the department received a distress call at 5.11pm yesterday. “The three local […]