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The number of people known to have died in Indonesia in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami has risen to more than 1,200, the country’s disaster response agency says. The death toll jumped on Tuesday from a previous confirmed figure of 844. The 7.5-magnitude quake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi, setting off a tsunami that engulfed the coastal city ...

Eritrea’s representative at the just ended 73rd United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, dedicated the entire address of the country to making a forthright demand for Security Council sanctions to be lifted. Foreign Minister Osman Mohammed Saleh dedicated the three-fourths of his speech to bemoaning injustices that his country has and continues to suffer demanding that the 2009, 2011 sanctions be ...

A huge consignment of charcoal originating from Somalia has arrived at the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr, a Somali official at the United Nations told the VOA’s Somali service on Monday. The VOA quotes Abukar Osman as saying the country regretted how over two hundred thousand bags of charcoal had left the country. “Somalia urges Iraq to investigate shipment, halt giving clearance to ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho gave a tetchy response to a question about Ed Woodward at his press conference this afternoon. Mourinho was asked when he had last spoke to the Manchester United executive vice-chairman at a press conference this afternoon. But Mourinho refused to reveal when amid mounting fears that he could be sacked this week. “That is a ...

JOSE MOURINHO refused to deny being called by Zinedine Zidane over the weekend. Mourinho was asked about the reports claiming the former Real Madrid boss had been in touch to discuss the job following the defeat to West Ham. And the Manchester United boss laughed at the suggestions but refused to deny they had spoken. Zidane is the hot favourite ...

LUKE SHAW has apologised to fans for Manchester United’s performance at West Ham, insisting the players were not fit to wear the famous shirt on Saturday. Question marks have been raised over the future of manager Jose Mourinho following a tepid 3-1 defeat on the back of damning images from the training ground which appeared to show a complete breakdown ...

African nations would support Gianni Infantino for re-election as FIFA president, the head of the continental football federation Ahmad Ahmad said on Sunday, AFP reports. “I feel it is my duty… to announce this support from Africa,” Ahmad said at a special meeting of the Confederation of African Football Executive Committee, which Infantino attended, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Infantino, a ...

Germany on Thursday won the race to host the 2024 European Championship as UEFA backed a bid seen as safer than the rival Turkish proposal. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin announced the winner following a campaign that saw politics and concerns over human rights in Turkey play a central role. Germany hasn’t hosted a major international football tournament since the 2006 ...

Ethiopia has detained 1,200 people over the deadly political violence that broke out a fortnight ago, police say. These are the first mass arrests since reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in April. At least 28 people died in clashes near the capital, Addis Ababa, following the return of exiled leaders of a former rebel group, the Oromo ...

After Luka Modric was confirmed as FIFA player of the year, the votes of top stars including Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been revealed. The award was decided by a collection of votes, coming from the captains of each international team, their managers, and designated media officials from each country. Modric took the top honour with 29.05 per cent ...