Foreign ministers from world powers discussing a nuclear deal with Iran are gathering in Vienna in a bid to reach agreement before Monday’s deadline. Russian’s Sergey Lavrov is travelling to the Austrian capital, joining his counterparts from the US, UK, China, Germany, France, and Iran. The six nations want Iran to curb its nuclear programme in return for the lifting ...

A suicide bomber has killed at least 45 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. A spokesman for the governor of Paktika province told the BBC that the attacker had detonated the bomb amid a crowd of people gathering for a game. About 60 people were also wounded in the bombing in Yahyakhail district. It came after ...

Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has assured street vendors across the country that he will not remove them from their respective trading places if elected Republican President. And Mr. Hichilema says one of his top priorities if voted into office will be to reduce the electricity tariffs which he believes are way too high for ...

Defense Minister Edgar Lungu has appealed to the church in the country to pray for the leaders both in opposition and the ruling party. Speaking during a church service at Chilenje Evangelical Church in Lusaka today, Mr. Lungu who is also justice Minister says the leaders in the country need to be prayed for so that they do what is ...

Patriotic Front Presidential hopeful Given Lubinda has proposed that before going to the General Conference, the PF Party Electoral Commission lay down rules and procedures that so that the elections will be transparent. And Mr. Lubinda has recommended that the PF Party Electoral Commission adopts a three-stage election process that narrows the field from multiple nominees to six, then two ...

An emergence Central Committee meeting comprising the 27 members has resolved that Acting President Guy Scott remains suspended and that they will consider names of presidential applicants tomorrow. And the much anticipated Patriotic Front (PF) Central Committee meeting that was supposed to take place this afternoon at State House failed to take place. The Committee has also resolved that any ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Presidential hopeful Given Lubinda has demanded that the Acting President Guy Scott unconditionally re-instates the sixteen members of the Central Committee he suspended yesterday. Speaking during a media briefing in Lusaka today, Mr. Lubinda says some of the matters happening in the ruling party are laughable. He says it is worrying that the person, who was suspended ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has assured the nation that his government will recognize Henry Kanyanta Sosala as paramount chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people once it forms government in January. Speaking during UPND campaign launch in Lusaka this morning, Mr. Hichilema has boasted of forming an inclusive government which will deliver the new constitution which has suffered major setbacks in the patriotic front government. Mr. Hichilema ...

The Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) says the disorganization and lack of seriousness exhibited by the ruling Patriotic front will cost them in the nearby future. And ICOZ says there is need for the ruling PF to read and understand their constitution well to avoid the continued confusion in the party. ICOZ Board Chairperson david masupa has told QFM News ...

Lusaka Province Patriotic Front (PF) Chairman Davies Chama has charged that he doubted acting president Guy Scott loyalty even before president Sata died. Mr. Chama has told QFM News in an interview that there is no need for party members to panic or feel betrayed following what the party is going through but stay strong and keep campaigning for who ...