China’s gateway to North Korea waits in vain for border opening
Stranded North Korean workers and merchants who rely on cross-border trade see scant signs that the frontier with China will...
Year: 2023
Trump, in campaign mode, attempts to back off abortion
Donald Trump never misses a chance to remind voters that he was the one to appoint three justices to the...
Top US military officer General Mark Milley retires
General Mark Milley steps down on Friday after a tumultuous term as the top US military officer that saw him...
Burkina still battling insecurity one year after coup
When he seized power, Captain Ibrahim Traore set himself "two to three months" to improve security in Burkina Faso, but...
7 Nigerien soldiers killed in jihadist attack, 5 more in ensuing accident
Seven soldiers were killed Thursday in Niger's southwest in an attack by suspected jihadists, and five others died in a...
India space chief unfazed by Moon mission’s apparent end
As hopes dim of further contact with India's Moon rover, the country's space chief has said he was satisfied with...
Philippines vows to remove future barriers at disputed reef
The Philippine Coast Guard vowed Friday to "do whatever it takes" to remove any more floating barriers installed by China...
IEA, ECB urge Europe to move faster on energy transition
Europe must invest more quickly and massively in its energy transition if it wants to remain a global industrial power,...
Relatives of detained Saudis urge ‘ashamed’ prince to act on cases
Relatives of Saudis facing heavy sentences for social media posts are calling on the kingdom's de facto ruler to take...
More than 50 killed, dozens wounded in Pakistan blasts
More than 50 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Friday by a suicide bomber...
Jailed Tunisia opposition chief begins hunger strike
The jailed leader of Tunisian opposition party Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, 82, began a hunger strike on Friday to protest his...
Four more officials held after Libya flood disaster
Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of four more officials, bringing to 12 the number held as part of...
New Yorkers mark historic inauguration of Ota Benga Day
New Yorkers have gathered in Co-op City yesterday to mark the inauguration of the annual observance of Ota Benga Day....
Israel reopens Gaza crossing to Palestinian workers
Israel on Thursday allowed thousands of Palestinian workers to cross from Gaza for the first time in two weeks through...
Biden to blast ‘dangerous’ Trump in 2024 democracy speech
President Joe Biden will warn that Donald Trump and his "extremist" allies pose a danger to US democracy in a...
Grief, anger at Iraq mass for victims of wedding fire
Survivors of a fire that tore through an Iraqi wedding and those mourning the at least 100 lives lost filled...
Burkina Faso detains four officers after thwarted coup
Burkina Faso said on Thursday that four officers had been detained a day after the military government announced it had...
Farm scientist behind India’s ‘green revolution’ dies
India on Thursday mourned the death of scientist Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, the architect of the 1960s "green revolution" that brought...
Armenia, Azerbaijan: ex-Soviet neighbors and enemies
The fate of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has poisoned relations between fellow ex-Soviet neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan since the...
Israel top court weighs rules on removing prime minister
Israel's top court heard appeals Thursday against a law restricting how a prime minister can be removed from office, as...
Fighting for democracy in Africa’s last absolute monarchy
The king does not take kindly to dissent in Africa's last absolute monarchy. But it doesn't stop political opponent Nomalungelo...
Germany and Israel sign ‘historic’ missile shield deal
Germany on Thursday signed a deal to acquire the Israeli-made Arrow 3 hypersonic missile system that will become a key...
A win would have been a game changer for Namibian rugby: Coetzee
Namibia's head coach Allister Coetzee says had they secured their first ever win at a Rugby World Cup it could...
Mali military reports two attacks on army posts
The Malian army has reported attacks on two of its posts in the north and west of the country, with...
Kosovo seeks international sanctions against Serbia
Kosovo on Thursday called for international sanctions against Serbia, claiming that Belgrade had supplied the weapons used by gunmen suspected...
Germany defends migrant NGO funding against Italian complaint
Charities rescuing migrants stranded in the Mediterranean play a vital role in saving lives, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock insisted...
Academie Francaise, guardian of French language, gets new leader
"The Immortals" have spoken: the 388-year-old Academie Francaise, custodian and promoter of the French language, has a new leader in...
Ashwin replaces injured Axar in India World Cup squad
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin replaced left-arm spinner Axar Patel on Thursday in India's squad for the Cricket World Cup on home...
Musk guts X’s election integrity teams ahead of major votes
X-owner Elon Musk said that he had gutted the platform's team dedicated to preserving election integrity as key votes in...
US sanctions former Sudan foreign minister
The United States placed sanctions Thursday on former Sudan foreign minister Ali Karti, accusing him of obstructing efforts to bring...
Two killed in Rotterdam twin shootings
Two people died and a teenager was left fighting for her life after a gunman dressed in combat fatigues and...
Mineral-hungry clean tech sees countries seeking to China’s shadow
With a clean energy transition hungry for more minerals, representatives from dozens of countries and industry met in Paris on...
Stimac calls astrologer claim ‘a disgrace’ as India exit Asian Games
Igor Stimac said Thursday a report claiming he consulted an astrologer to pick his India teams was "a disgrace" and...
Swiss indict daughter of late Uzbek leader in corruption case
Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan's former president, was on Thursday indicted in Switzerland in a vast case of corruption,...
Hundreds of Sikh Canadians protest against India
Hundreds of Sikh protesters rallied outside Indian diplomatic missions in Canada on Monday, trampling pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
US refuses Iran top diplomat’s request to visit Washington
The United States said Monday it refused a request by Iran's foreign minister to visit Washington last week, pointing to...
South Korea stages first military parade in a decade
South Korea staged its first military parade in a decade on Tuesday, showcasing its advanced arsenal in the face of...
EU trade chief warns China data laws could have ‘unintended consequences’
The EU trade commissioner warned Tuesday that Chinese regulations governing the transfer of data out of the country, including a...
Rich nations, China must accelerate race to net zero: IEA
Rich and developing nations alike must sharply improve their net-zero targets, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, warning that a...
Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, holds elections
The last absolute monarchy in Africa, the Kingdom of Eswatini, holds parliamentary elections on Friday, with political parties banned from...
Slovakia campaign rhetoric raises LGBTQ concern
A year after a homophobic double murder, Slovakia's LGBTQ community is concerned about the increase in hate speech ahead of...
China warns Philippines not to ‘stir up trouble’ over disputed reef
Beijing warned Manila on Tuesday not to "stir up trouble" after the Philippine Coast Guard said it removed a floating...
China, S. Korea, Japan leaders to hold first summit since 2019
China said on Tuesday it had agreed with Japan and South Korea to hold a summit between the three countries'...
UK interior minister to question role of UN refugee convention
UK interior minister Suella Braverman was on Tuesday to question whether the United Nations Refugee Convention was "fit for our...
25 dead as Damascus loyalists clash with Kurdish-led forces: monitor
Fighters loyal to the Syrian government have clashed with Kurdish-led forces in a mainly Arab district of eastern Syria, leaving...
Niger regime wants ‘negotiated framework’ for French army pullout
Niger's coup leaders are demanding a "negotiated framework" for former colonial ruler France to withdraw its troops, which Paris says...
Greek flood victims race to rebuild before new storm hits
When Storm Daniel this month dumped cataclysmic amounts of rain on his village in central Greece, Nikos Falangas barely had...
US army chief and allies discuss Asia-Pacific in India
Army chiefs and senior officers from 30 countries including the United States met in India Tuesday to discuss threats facing...
Will lingering obstacles derail a Saudi-Israeli pact?
Recent bullish statements by Saudi and Israeli leaders have fueled speculation that a landmark normalization deal is in the offing,...
French news outlet Jeune Afrique protests Burkina suspension
French media outlet Jeune Afrique protested Tuesday after Burkina Faso's junta-led government suspended its print and online operations in the...
Saudi envoy seeks to reassure Palestinians amid Israel talks
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday sent its first delegation in three decades to the occupied West Bank to reassure Palestinians that...
New Zealand whitewash Bangladesh to wrap World Cup preparation
New Zealand gave themselves a perfect boost ahead of the World Cup by whitewashing Bangladesh in the three-match series 2-0,...
Nigeria’s new media seeks to cover Africa’s ignored stories
Nigeria, a nation of conflicts, corruption and poverty? That narrative is what a new breed of local media created by...
Kehinde Wiley: black power painter
Kehinde Wiley made his name painting ordinary African-Americans in classical European style, but after a high-profile commission from Barack Obama...
Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ tour concert film going global
Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" concert film is expected to be the cinematic event of the season -- and now it's...
Fuel blaze brings tragedy to Benin border town
Benin trader Antoine Djanta lost four members of his family at the weekend when an illegal fuel depot near his...
Libya orders 8 officials arrested after flood disaster
Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster...
African players in Europe: Salah joins exclusive group
Liverpool and Egypt star Mohamed Salah joined an exclusive group when he opened the scoring in a 3-1 Premier League...
Kosovo marks day of mourning after deadly clashes in troubled north
Kosovo was in mourning Monday after a deadly clash between authorities and gunmen near the Serbian border that has prompted...
UK child-killer nurse to face retrial over attempted murder charge
A British nurse jailed for life for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others will face a retrial...
