The Ethiopian military has detained the BBC reporter in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit region of Tigray. Witnesses say Girmay Gebru along with four other people were taken from a café in the regional capital, Mekelle. Mr. Girmay Gebru is reported to have been taken to a military camp in Mekelle.BBC is, however, yet to establish the reason for the detention of one ...
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Days before gunmen stormed a secondary school in Nigeria and kidnapped girls, parents tried to pull them out of school. School authorities and local security agencies were warned that danger loomed in the town. In particular, the residents stressed about the town in which the school is located. On Friday, heavily armed militants seized at least 315 girls from the ...
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The US military carried out airstrikes in Syria ordered by President Joe Biden. The airstrikes aimed at disabling the militias backed by Iran according to the Pentagon. The strike destroyed multiple facilities at a border control point that a number of Iran-backed militant groups use. President Joe Biden approved the strike on recent reports of attacks against US and coalition ...
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India has announced new rules to regulate content on social media. This makes Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and others more accountable to legal requests for the swift removal of posts and sharing information on where the messages originated from. The rules – part of an effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to put Big Tech on a shorter leash – ...
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A frustrated man is very angry at European governments for their extended lockdown periods. He asks whether the government will babysit their children. The Bitter man ran to Twitter to express his dismay towards the handling of coronavirus spread. Arash Karami expressed his fears about the well-being of the children of children across Europe. “It’s at the point where boomer ...
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