JUST IN: GABON LIFTS CURFEW OVER A YEAR AFTER MILITARY COUP
Gabon’s ruling junta Wednesday lifted a curfew that had been in force since it seized power in a August 2023 coup, to allow for holiday...
STEPMOTHER, FATHER BAGS LIFE SENTENCE OVER MURDER OF DAUGHTER
A UK court Tuesday handed life sentences to the father and stepmother of a 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl who died after being subjected to a prolonged...
SYRIA IN ‘THE HANDS OF TERRORISM’ – ASSAD
In his first remarks since his overthrow, Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that terrorism controls Syria. Assad claimed that Moscow asked him to leave a...
WORLD NEWS: HUNDREDS FEARED DEAD IN MAYOTTE ISLAND CYCLONE
Agency Report After a deadly cyclone tore through the French Indian Ocean enclave of Mayotte on Monday, damaging homes throughout the islands and perhaps killing...
39 KILLED IN ATTACKS NEAR BURKINA FASO – NIGER MINISTRY SAYS
Agency Report Thirty-nine people have been killed in two attacks in recent days in western Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, Niamey’s defence...
BBC VOWS TO KEEP UP REPORTING AFTER NIGER SUSPENDS RADIO FOR THREE MONTHS
Following a three-month suspension of BBC radio by the military junta in Niger, the BBC announced on Friday that it would continue to report on...
WORLD NEWS: EU CHIEF CONGRATULATES NEW FRENCH PM BAYROU
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen Friday congratulated Francois Bayrou on his appointment as French prime minister, after the country’s deeply divided parliament ousted his...
WORLD NEWS: MACRON NAMES FRANCOIS BAYROU AS PRIME MINISTER
François Bayrou, a moderate, was appointed prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, giving him the difficult job of rescuing France from months of...
WORLD NEWS: POPE MEETS PALESTINIAN LEADER ABBAS AT THE VATICAN
Agency Report Mahmud Abbas, the president of Palestine, met with Pope Francis on Thursday to address the "serious" humanitarian situation. Francis has recently stepped up...
ISRAEL LAUNCHES 500 AIRSTRIKES ON SYRIAN MILITARY SITES
Agency Report Israel has begun airstrikes at military targets throughout Syria and sent ground forces into and beyond a demilitarised buffer zone for the first...