Category: Global News
England’s female cricketers to be paid same match fees as men
The pay increase will take effect immediately, starting with this week's T20 series against Sri Lanka.
A ‘coup’ in Gabon: Who, what and why?
Soldiers in Gabon announced the cancellation of recent election results and the dissolution of state institutions.
Gabon president calls for help after ouster in country’s first coup
The deposed president called on Gabonese citizens to 'make noise' after coup attempt.
‘Academic decline‘: Why are university professors being expelled in Iran?
Authorities, academics, newspapers, former officials and users online are debating the major changes at universities.
Mapping Africa’s coups d’etat across the years
Majority of the world's coups in Africa with at least 106 coups across Africa since 1950 and 108 unsuccessful attempts.
Assad’s ruling party office shut by protests in Sweida, Syria
Hundreds of protesters rally in Syria's government-held southern Sweida province, demanding a better life.
Kyrgyzstan brings back 95 ISIL wives, children from Syrian internment camps
The country's third repatriation was carried out with the help of the US, the UN and the Red Cross.
3M agrees to pay $6bn settlement in US military earplug lawsuit
3M said it was not admitting liability and that the earplugs 'are safe and effective when used properly'.
Torrential rains kill at least 21 people in Tajikistan
Three days of rains cause flooding, landslides and mudflows, killing people in three towns in the centre of the country.
‘Wait never ends’ for families of the forcibly disappeared in Bangladesh
Rights groups say more than 600 people disappeared since Awami League government led by PM Sheikh Hasina came to power.