The French and Russian presidents are set for talks on Friday amid fears Russia is carrying out “indiscriminate” air strikes on Syrian militants. The French military, like the US, is targeting Islamic State (IS) fighters with air strikes. But the US says Russia is carrying out random strikes against the Syrian opposition. Russia says it is targeting the same groups ...

Governance Activist Maurice Malambo has advised all State House officials to conduct themselves above board as some people want to use their misconduct to attack President Lungu. And Mr. Malambo has commended Enock and Kaunda Kavindele for withdrawing the criminal complaints against Special Assistant to the President for Politics Kaizer Zulu. Mr. Malambo has told QFM News that he is ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has encouraged government to revise traffic fees as indicated by Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza in a statement says it will be extremely saddening to see the PF government revise these exorbitant fees in 2016 as a campaign tool targeting the motoring public especially bus drivers and the youth ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba says the decision by Government to start working on a list of goods and services that should not be imported into the country to help protect the local currency will definitely run in conflict with the COMESA Treaty. Commerce, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Miles Sampa has said it is unacceptable that Zambia has continued ...

Financial Analyst Mambo Hamaundu says he hopes that government will now heed to calls of diversifying the country’s economy and stop depending on copper as a major exporting earning. Mr. Hamaundu has told QFM News in an interview that this is because of the poor performance of the kwacha against the major currencies due to over-dependence on copper. Mr. Hamaundu ...

Britain’s Johanna Konta was beaten 6-4 3-6 7-5 by former world number one Venus Williams in the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open. Konta, who won 21 of her previous 22 matches and beat world number two Simona Halep on Wednesday, served for a place in the last four in the decider. However American Williams, 35, won four games on the ...

British director John Guillermin, whose films included The Towering Inferno and Death on the Nile, has died aged 89. The Towering Inferno, released in 1974, won three Oscars and starred Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden and Faye Dunaway. Guillermin’s action-packed 1976 version of King Kong, starred Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange. He died on Sunday at his home in ...

Fierce fighting is continuing between Afghan forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan’s northern city of Kunduz, despite government claims that it had regained control of the city. Residents told the BBC the militants had pushed back into the heart of the city and that there were intense clashes over the governor’s office. The Taliban has denied the city has been ...

The Competition and Consumer protection commission (CCPC) has of August 30th resolved 1,199 cases against the targeted 1000 cases. CCPC director for consumer protection Brian Lingela says this is an increase from the 827 cases resolved in 2014. Mr. Lingela says the commission recovered k980, 288.81 in refunds and replacements which is more than the k704, 336.31 recovered in 2014. ...

The Zambia National Service (ZNS) says it will assist Malawi in her quest to establish the National Service arm of the Defense Forces. ZNS Commandant Lieutenant General, Nathan Mulenga says his institution is ready and willing to help Malawi because of the long standing strong relations and cooperation between the two countries’ Defense Forces. Lt. Gen. Mulenga made the remarks ...