Iran football boss says women can attend top league matches
Women in Iran, who have long been barred from attending football matches except for rare occasions, will be allowed into...
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Gabonese President Ali Bongo defies illness, father’s shadow
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba has defied doubters after years in his father's shadow and dispelled rumours of his demise...
BBC suspends presenter after explicit images allegations
The BBC said Sunday it had contacted the authorities and suspended a presenter following allegations that he had paid a...
West African bloc names Nigeria’s Tinubu as new head
West African heads of state on Sunday chose Nigeria's new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead their regional bloc for...
Biden visits Britain ahead of NATO summit
US President Joe Biden was in Britain on Monday for a brief visit to his key ally during which he...
Sweden tries to break Turkish resistance in NATO talks
Sweden's prime minister will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in a last-gasp attempt to bridge a diplomatic...
One dead as Japan warns of ‘heaviest rain ever’ in southwest
One person died in a landslide and hundreds of thousands of people have been urged to evacuate their homes in...
North Korea threatens to down US spy planes violating its airspace
North Korea on Monday threatened to shoot down any US spy planes violating its airspace and condemned Washington's plans to...
Barcelona’s Oshoala leads World Cup charge for ever-present Nigeria
Sporting a pair of sunglasses, Asisat Oshoala celebrated Barcelona's UEFA Champions League triumph with her team-mates in early June, but...
Party of El Salvador leader backs his quest for re-election
El Salvador's ruling party on Sunday gave the green light to President Nayib Bukele in his quest to seek re-election...
Pakistani mountaineer races rivals, hunts funds to chase summit record
Pakistani mountaineer Shehroze Kashif faces sub-zero temperatures and biting winds in his race to scale the world's highest peaks, but...
Six killed in China kindergarten attack
Six people were killed and one wounded in a kindergarten stabbing in southern China's Guangdong province on Monday, local officials...
New Zealand confident in UN advice on Fukushima, govt says
New Zealand said Monday it has "full confidence" in the UN nuclear watchdog's advice after it approved of Japan's plans...
Egypt annual inflation at record 36.8% in June
Annual inflation in Egypt hit 36.8 percent in June, official figures showed on Monday, an all-time high for the country...
Russian air defenses intercept missiles near Ukraine border regions
Russian air defense systems successfully shot down a total of four missiles over regions bordering Ukraine, according to Russian officials....
Kenya, Congo-Brazzaville forge stronger ties with 18 cooperation deals, Visa restrictions abolished
Kenyan President William Ruto and his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso have strengthened the diplomatic bond between their nations by...
Saudi falcons aerobatic team touches down in UK for RIAT
Saudi Arabia's esteemed Falcons Aerobatic Team, belonging to the Royal Air Force, has made their much-anticipated arrival in the United...
Ukrainians see no end in sight after 500 days of war
On the 500th day since Russia's invasion and as the war grinds on, Ukrainian forces are advancing slowly without enough...
Iran police station attack leaves two officers, four gunmen dead
Two policemen were killed Saturday in Iran's restive southeast near Pakistan, Iranian media said, in an attack claimed by jihadists...
Will France’s riots benefit far-right Le Pen?
In her first speech in parliament as France's riots ebbed this week, far-right leader Marine Le Pen accused the government...
Dutch PM meets king after government falls
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte held talks with the king on Saturday after his coalition government collapsed in a row...
Seven killed in Indian village election clashes
At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured in India Saturday after clashes over local polls in West...
Three killed in Kenya protests over tax increase
The number of people killed in protests in Kenya rose to three on Saturday, a hospital official and two police...
Energy-short South Africa will survive winter: minister
South Africa, which has experienced crippling electricity outages in recent months, will "survive" this winter season thanks to a huge...
EU envoy blasts Israel over deadly Jenin raid
A European envoy blasted Israel Saturday over the "proportionality" of the force it uses, as international envoys toured Jenin refugee...
Arendse scores three tries as South Africa crush Australia
Kurt-Lee Arendse scored a hat-trick of tries as understrength South Africa crushed Australia 43-12 in Pretoria on Saturday in the...
Jabeur takes rain check as she reaches Wimbledon last 16
Ons Jabeur thanked the rain after battling back from a set down to beat Canada's Bianca Andreescu and reach the...
Israel protesters mobilize ahead of judicial reform vote
Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters packed Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday to demonstrate against proposed legal reforms...
Murder of Sikh leader sparks dueling protests in Toronto
A few hundred members of Canada's Sikh community demonstrated outside the Indian consulate in Toronto on Saturday to protest the...
Sons’ jailing turns Cuban mothers into activists
Two years ago, Marta Perdomo and Liset Fonseca were two unassuming Cuban women with little interest in politics and no...
Uzbekistan holds vote set to cement president’s rule
Uzbekistan holds a presidential election on Sunday that is set to hand incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev a third term as head...
Yellen says visit helps put US-China ties on ‘surer footing’
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that her talks with top Chinese officials have helped put ties on "surer...
Climate change challenges hydropower-dependent Austria
High in the Austrian Alps, hundreds of construction workers toil in a huge underground project aimed at storing hydropower as...
Angola, DRC eye iconic rail revamp to quench global minerals thirst
Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo are pinning hopes for economic revival on the revamp of an iconic African...
Sweet success: Jordan’s beekeepers busy as honey demand soars
Jordan's key tourism industry may have been hammered by Covid, but the pandemic gave a boost to another sector, keeping...
Nigeria: Former House of Representatives Member Honors Constituents with Empowerment Package
Ikirun, Osun State, Nigeria - In a show of gratitude to his constituents, Honorable Olalekan Rasheed Afolabi (FCA), former member...
Médecins sans Frontières urges resumption of food aid in Ethiopia amid alarming malnutrition levels
International non-governmental organization Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) has issued a fervent call for the "immediate" resumption of food aid distribution...
UN Chief stands firm on condemnation of Israel’s Jenin raid despite Israeli opposition
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has refused to retract his condemnation of Israeli forces for their use of excessive force and...
Senate report exposes intelligence “failures” in Capitol riot
A damning Senate report has shed light on significant "failures" within United States intelligence agencies leading up to the Capitol...
New Canadian envoy to Saudi Arabia presents credentials
Canadian Ambassador-designate Jean-Philippe Linteau formally presented his credentials to a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh,...
Syrian refugee makes history as mayor of German town
A Syrian refugee has been sworn in as the mayor of Ostelsheim, a town located 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from...
Yellen says ‘impossible’ to decouple China, US economies
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that a decoupling of the US and Chinese economies would be "virtually impossible"...
Palestinian gunman kills Israeli soldier in West Bank, shot
A Palestinian gunman shot dead an Israeli soldier near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the army...
UN pleads for Haiti intervention force, warns of growing vigilantism
UN representatives on Thursday repeated their plea for an intervention force to stabilize Haiti, highlighting the growing number of extrajudicial...
Biden yanks pro-growth label from Republicans, touts vigor of economy
Taking the stage at a South Carolina factory for his latest "Bidenomics" speech, Joe Biden gave the base of the...
Sri Lankans jump ship as a bankrupt nation struggles
The snaking queues for food and fuel that crisscrossed Sri Lanka last year have given way to a different kind...
After five years of driving, roadblocks remain for Saudi women
It has been five years since Jawhara al-Wabili became one of Saudi Arabia's first women drivers -- a reform she...
MeToo wave sweeps Taiwan in long-awaited reckoning
Whistle-blower Chen Chien-jou has watched with mixed emotions as Taiwan's #MeToo movement swept from politics and academia to the entertainment...
‘No second chance’ to save Sri Lanka, central banker warns
The man charged with clawing Sri Lanka out of bankruptcy says he had warned about economic calamity years before it...
Seeking an ‘angel’: African startups face funding challenge
Kubik is proud of its pioneering, climate-friendly technology that recycles one of the world's environmental curses -- plastic waste --...
Poland debates migrants ahead of general election
Migration has inflamed Poland's political debate ahead of the autumn general election, as the nationalist government sees the issue as...
UK announces toughened up sanctions regime against Iran
Britain on Thursday announced plans for a tougher sanctions regime against Iran over alleged human rights violations and hostile actions...
France star footballer Mbappe visits father’s native Cameroon
France's star footballer Kylian Mbappe arrived in Cameroon to an ecstatic welcome from fans Thursday for a visit that includes...
Migrants forced from Tunisia port into desert: witnesses
Hundreds of African migrants were stranded in dire conditions in a desert area of southern Tunisia on Thursday after being...
US ‘actively’ seeking leader for Haiti force, Blinken says
The United States remains active in its search for a country to head a multinational force in troubled Haiti, Secretary...
Drills, red wine: Ukrainians ready for leak at Russia-held plant
In the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, couples stroll in a popular park and parents push their children on swings...
Yellen to discuss US-China ties, American firms’ worries
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen begins a full day of meetings in Beijing on Friday, with strained US-China ties, American...
Ivory Coast’s fishermen land-bound to save declining stocks
On a beach south of Ivory Coast's economic hub Abidjan, a group of fishermen are spending the day sitting in...
Russian missile attack in Ukraine claims four lives, injures dozens
A Russian missile attack on a residential apartment block has resulted in the loss of at least four lives and...
Iranian court orders seizure of tanker following collision with Iranian vessel
Iran has announced that it had obtained a court order to seize a tanker involved in a collision with an...
