KAMPALA, UGANDA (AP) – Eritrea on Tuesday launched a full-scale offensive along the country’s border with northern Ethiopia in what appeared to be an escalation of last month’s renewal of fighting against Tigray forces. Tigrayan authorities in turn told their people to get ready for war. The Eritreans are fighting alongside Ethiopian federal forces, including […]
AL KHOR, QATAR (AP) – A pair of giant pandas sent as a gift from China arrived in Qatar on Wednesday ahead of next month’s World Cup. They will take up residence in an indoor enclosure in the desert nation designed to duplicate conditions in the dense forests of China’s mountainous Sichuan province. Eight hundred […]
Fadley Faisal The Magistrate’s Court yesterday sentenced Korean national Kang Byong-dug to seven months’ jail, with an additional month’s jail in lieu of caning, after having pleaded guilty to molesting a 45-year-old female worker at a golf club, where he is a member. A stay of execution of the sentence pending an appeal was granted […]