Europe’s leaders launch fight for EU top jobs

by | May 28, 2019 | News Aljazeera

Image copyrightAFPImage caption President Macron (C) hosted Spain’s socialist PM Pedro Sánchez in Paris on Monday EU leaders are heading to Brussels to assess the post-election political landscape and consider rival candidates for the EU’s top jobs. The h…...

Ethiopia apologises for map that erases Somalia

by | May 27, 2019 | News Aljazeera

Image copyrightMinistry of Foreign Affairs of EthiopiaImage caption The Ethiopian foreign ministry said it was unsure how the map had “crept in on the website” Ethiopia’s foreign ministry has apologised after a map of Africa on its website...

Myanmar massacre soldiers ‘released early’

by | May 27, 2019 | News Aljazeera

Image copyrightHANDOUTImage caption These are the men whose deaths the Reuters journalists were investigating Seven soldiers jailed in Myanmar for killing 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys have been released early from prison. The soldiers were sentenced in… Read...

Influential former Thai prime minister dies

by | May 26, 2019 | News Aljazeera

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Prem Tinsulanonda was Thailand’s 16th prime minister Thailand’s former prime minister and royal confidante Prem Tinsulanonda, one of the most influential figures in modern Thai politics, has died aged 98. The former arm…...