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Former Crown Prince Hamza Bin Hussein, who is also the half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah (pictured), has been asked about a possible plot against the royal family. He says he himself was under house arrest by the army, which forbids him to have contact with anyone. According to the official press agency Petra Hamza was questioned for security reasons. In …

The half-brother of King Abdullah of Jordan and former crown prince, Hamza Bin Hussein, has been questioned and asked to step down. According to international news agencies, this happened for security reasons. The Washington Post and press agency Reuters sources report that this is an attempt to destabilize the country. The action is said to be part of an ongoing …

A gigantic chemical explosion last August killed 200 people, injured thousands and devastated entire neighborhoods of the Lebanese capital. The catastrophe further troubled the country, which was already suffering from the deepest political and economic crisis since the civil war of 1975-1990. According to two diplomatic sources, Germany and France are fighting for control of reconstruction plans. Berlin will explain …

Taiwanese prosecutors on Saturday issued an arrest warrant for a construction manager whose truck allegedly caused Friday’s fatal train crash. At least 51 people have been killed and more than 150 injured. The suspect was briefly questioned on Friday, but that questioning had to be interrupted and postponed after he burst into tears. He was no longer able to answer …

The trial of the leader of the opposition is a major event in Rwanda. “All the sessions are broadcast live on YouTube,” says Flemish journalist Stijn Vercruysse, who follows the VRT case. Although, according to him, the process has been fairly fair so far, Vercruysse has reservations. “Rwanda is a country where the opposition is silenced and people are afraid …

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) will demand around $ 1 billion (850 million euros) in compensation for the blockage of the Suez Canal. For six days, the Japanese container ship Ever Given, sailing under the Panamanian flag for a Taiwanese shipping company, blocked the main sea route between Europe and Asia. According to SCA director Osama Rabie, compensation is based …

At least 36 people were killed in a train crash in Taiwan on Friday, the Taiwanese transport ministry reports. 72 other travelers were injured in the accident. It was the worst train accident in Taiwan in more than three decades. In total, the train carried around 350 passengers. They were on their way to Taitung, but the train derailed in …

The highest court in the US state of Virginia has ruled that the city of Charlottesville may remove the statues of two controversial generals from the American Civil War. The persistent argument over the pictures claimed the life of a woman. During a rally of nationalists and neo-Nazis in August 2017 to enforce the images, one of these demonstrators hit …

Russians who now install a new iPhone will see apps approved by the Russian government. With this, Apple says it complies with a new Russian law, writes MacRumors. The law states that smartphones, computers and smart TVs sold in Russia must have software preinstalled. The idea is that Russian software companies can thus better compete with alternatives from, for example, …

A Hong Kong court has convicted seven prominent pro-democracy activists for illegal assembly. Among the activists convicted Thursday are 82-year-old lawyer Martin Lee and media mogul Jimmy Lai. This condemnation is a blow to the movement fighting to preserve democracy in Hong Kong, which is increasingly authoritarian in China. The seven convicts are said to have gathered illegally on August …