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...
Day: September 28, 2023
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,...
