An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family at the weekend has left Bangkok airport “under the care” of the UN refugee agency, the head of Thailand’s immigration police says. Thai immigration officials had tried to return Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, to Kuwait, where her family is. But she refused to board a flight on Monday and barricaded herself into ...

The treasury released a total sum of K4.3 billion, at the month end of December 2018 to finance government programmes in various ministries, provinces and other controlling bodies. Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe says the K4.3 billion was meant for capital programmes, agriculture development, public welfare, debt service, and general public service delivery operations. Ms. Mwanakatwe notes that out of ...

Bayern Munich will impose “a heavy fine” on Franck Ribery for his obscenity laced outburst on social media, the club’s sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said on Sunday. The French striker put a string of angry posts on Twitter and Instagram on Saturday aimed at those who had criticised him for eating a gold-coated steak. “I had a long talk with ...

A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is “under control”, following an attempted coup. Guy-Bertrand Mapangou told the BBC that four of the rebels had been arrested by the authorities. A fifth is on the run. Junior officers claimed they seized power “to restore democracy” in oil-rich Gabon, where the ailing leader’s ...

British stars Olivia Colman, Christian Bale, Richard Madden and Ben Whishaw were among the winners at this year’s prestigious Golden Globe Awards. Colman was honoured for the film The Favourite, and Bale won for playing ex-US Vice-President Dick Cheney in Vice. Madden and Whishaw won TV awards for their roles in BBC dramas Bodyguard and A Very English Scandal respectively. ...

An operation to remove needles embedded in the body of the three year old boy of Chipata, Richard Zulu, at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) is underway. Richard was wheel chaired in the theater at the UTH’s radiography department at midday today Monday the 7th of January. The boy is being operated upon by a team of local surgeons of ...

The Nevers Mumba led MMD faction has justified why its leader was invited at a recent meeting three church mother bodies called ahead of the National Dialogue. Faction spokesperson Cephas Mukuka says the ZCCB, EFZ and the CCZ were on firm ground to have decided to invite Dr. Mumba as a leader of an opposition political party. In a statement ...

Government has been urged to hasten in setting the rate for the Sales Tax which comes into effect in April this year. Economist Chrispin Mphuka is advising government to be cautious that the delay in setting the rate of this tax is creating uncertainty in the economy. Dr. Mphuka, who is also former Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) president says ...

The opposition UPND says it will remove the 5% import duty on mineral concentrates as part of lowering the tax burden on businesses once it forms government. UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says his party will also drop the Sales Tax and revert to the abolished Value Added Tax (VAT) at reduced rates. Mr. Hichilema has told Q-News in a statement ...

A young Saudi woman who says she has fled her family in fear for her life has barricaded herself in her hotel room at Bangkok airport. Thai immigration officials want to return Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, to Kuwait, where her family is. She refused to board a flight to Kuwait City on Monday, despite officials stationed outside her room. “My ...