Ethiopia declares state of emergency ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia declared a six-month state of emergency on Sunday following months of violent anti-government protests, according to an official statement released on state media. “The state of emergency was declared following a thorough …

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Erdogan takes spin in Bosphorus’s first road tunnel ISTANBUL, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went for an inaugural spin on Saturday in Istanbul’s latest mega-project: the first-ever road tunnel linking the city’s European and Asian sides under the Bosphorus …

Omar Alghabra Faces Racist Messages After Criticizing Tories On Anti-Islamophobia Motion By:Althia Raj Huffington Post OTTAWA — A Liberal MP received violent and racist messages on social media this week after he highlighted the refusal of some Conservative MPs …