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Ruled by a military junta since a 2023 coup, Niger is battling violence by jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group. Thousands have been killed in the violence over the last decade
In 2025, storms, drought, forest fires, extreme temperatures or flooding forced nearly 30 million people to flee their homes, data showed.
London police said they had received a number of allegations of non-recent serious sexual offences involving a man now in his 50s.
Nov 13 - Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed legislation on Friday that would have let regulators decide whether online content is illegal and order it blocked, his second rejection of a bill implementing the European Union’s Digital Services Act.
The EU must “act now” to ensure Europe stays in the AI race with the US and China, French AI firm Mistral’s Chief Executive Arthur Mensch told a summit of the bloc’s leaders on Friday. The leaders heard from Mensch and Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as one of the “godfathers” of…
AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The men's national football team tried to ...
Singapore held Alice Huang's passport for 8 months and asked the U.S. to help investigate her firm's suspected Nvidia chip sales, but received little help, sources say.
[New Times] I arrived in Nairobi for a continental media workshop on health investment in Africa, organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), expecting to learn about the challenges facing health systems across the continent, the financing gaps and the search for…
[New Times] For decades, Paul McCartney has made music that has travelled across generations. His success has also extended beyond record sales and sold-out concerts, with careful investments in music publishing, songwriting rights and other assets helping him build a fortune estimated at more than…
The current Syrian government, in place since Islamist-led fighters overthrew Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, has allowed Westerners to obtain entry visas at Damascus airport or border crossings
[New Times] Rwandan filmmaker Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo has signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), marking another milestone in a year that has brought international recognition for her debut feature film, 'Ben'imana.'
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi have backed a new financing framework to reduce the African Union's dependence on external donors and strengthen its financial independence.
Stelco's US owner blames Trump's tariffs for layoffs, but its support for those same tariffs has raised questions.
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Two Arab-majority parties, Raam and the Joint List, secured a combined 19 seats in last month's election, winning nearly a sixth of the 120-seat parliament and potentially emerging as kingmakers in efforts by Eisenkot to form a government
Court told security guard threatened by member of Traveller group with another bitten by a dog in Naas, Co Kildare
The Netherlands is not currently in active negotiations with the US over amendments to the Rome Statute or any response to the sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court (ICC), a spokesperson told Middle East Eye.
[Premium Times] Nigeria have collected three points from their opening two Group L matches and will be eager to return to winning ways after suffering a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Guinea-Bissau in their last outing.
[This Day] The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Jobson Oseodion Ewalefoh, has cautioned against calls for a review of Nigeria's Public-Private Partnership (PPP) laws, arguing that effective implementation, rather than…
Britain 's charity regulator has opened a compliance case into the Jewish Community Centre London (JW3) after it hosted an event which promoted medical clinics in illegal Israeli settlements, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Chile’s Foreign Minister Francisco Pérez Mackenna has ruled out asking Argentina for authorisation for the voyage of the Chilean vessel Danstar, which plans to reopen the commercial route between Punta Arenas and the Falklands in December, invoking the right of innocent passage recognised by the…
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Residents of Mekelle have urged the Federal Government to sustain and accelerate reform, reconstruction and development efforts in Tigray region.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia and Switzerland have signed a Statement of Intent on Strategic Cooperation and Dialogue on Migration, aimed at deepening bilateral engagement and expanding cooperation in migration management.
MADRID, Nov 13 - A Spanish prosecutor on Friday expressed support for a US request to extradite pro-Palestinian donor and multimillionaire US media heir James Cox Chambers Jr, in a case Chambers' defence says is politically motivated.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- The Uganda Police Force is preparing to introduce a new senior leadership position above the current Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) rank as part of a wider restructuring of the force's command system.
Dr. Matt Lambert gave an ominous quote to a reporter months before the shooting
UN Security Council renewed targeted sanctions under its Yemen sanctions regime for another year
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has called for the mobilisation of sustainable financing to expand and modernise power infrastructure, accelerate universal access to electricity and improve living conditions, without compromising public debt sustainability.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ha...
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Communities in Makueni and Kitui counties have called on politicians and other individuals opposed to the construction of the Thwake Multipurpose Dam to stop what they describe as attempts to derail a transformative regional development project.