The Economic Community of West African States on Sunday condemned what it described as an attempted military takeover in Benin Republic. This is just as confusion and gunfire were reported in parts of Cotonou following an announcement by soldiers claiming…
Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would suspend migration from what the US leader called “third world countries”, a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in Washington, killing one. His angry post, which also…
Military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced Wednesday they were taking “total control” of the country while suspending its electoral process and closing its borders, three days after the poverty-stricken West African nation’s legislative and presidential elections. Earlier in the day gunfire…
A suicide bombing killed three Pakistani paramilitary personnel on Monday at the border force headquarters in Peshawar city, police told AFP. “Three FC (Federal Constabulary) personnel deployed at the gate were martyred and four others were wounded,” said Peshawar police…
United States President Donald Trump said he will host New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for a meeting on Friday, after fiercely attacking the 34-year-old self-described Democratic Socialist during his recent campaign. Trump, while repeating his false claim that Mamdani is…
A Russian missile attack has killed a teenage girl and wounded at least nine people in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, its governor said on Tuesday. Moscow has been intensifying its daily drone and missile barrages in recent months, targeting Ukraine’s…
China has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to Japan, following a diplomatic feud sparked by remarks from Tokyo’s new premier about a hypothetical attack on Taiwan. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament on November 7 that the use…
A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the former first lady and son of the oil-rich country’s deposed leader, Ali Bongo to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial. Sylvia Bongo, 62, and Noureddin Bongo, 33, both tried in…
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Wednesday that justice minister German Galushchenko had been suspended amid a corruption scandal in the country’s energy sector. The decision comes a day after anti-corruption prosecutors accused the former energy minister in connection with…
Chinese officials ordered the removal of two popular gay dating apps from mobile stores in the country, Apple confirmed to AFP on Tuesday. Same-sex marriage is not legal in China, and discrimination remains widespread, with activists saying an effort to…
