‘Total Eclipse’ singer and 80s power ballad queen Bonnie Tyler dies aged 75

Best known her power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” that topped the charts in 1983, Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star has died. She was 75 and passed away in hospital in Portugal from an illness, after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in May. Her signature voice was actually the result of … Read more

Syria regains voting rights in chemical weapons monitoring body

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Thursday restored Syria’s voting rights in the global chemical weapons watchdog, five years after it was stripped of such rights under ousted President Bashar Assad. In A statement on its websiteThe watchdog cited “significant changes in circumstances” since the fall of the Assad regime as … Read more

Militia-like movements appear in Chad amid surge in intercommunal violence

In Chad, intercommunal violence has dramatically increased, with authorities flagging five different incidents just last month, with over 300 killed in just two years. The UN has warned that violence is escalating across the entire Lake Chad basin, with 5,700 people killed since last November. Violence has also forced thousands to leave. FRANCE 24’s Harold … Read more