Low turnout marked the start of voting in Djibouti’s presidential election, with only a trickle of people showing up at polling stations in the early hours in the capital.
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The United States has urged its citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria, citing risks of terrorism, civil unrest and kidnapping, according to an updated State Department advisory.
Volunteers near Warsaw form a frog patrol each spring, helping thousands of frogs and toads cross a road safely and protect local breeding grounds.
The attack took place at Benisheikh, about 75 kilometres from Borno state capital Maiduguri. Military sources said unidentified jihadists overran the base and torched vehicles but soldiers repelled the raid.
French authorities said that at least four people, two men and two women, died on Thursday as they were trying to board an inflatable boat to attempt the perilous sea crossing from northern France to the UK.
Federal appeals court judges questioned during oral arguments Thursday whether a roughly four-year prison term given to Sean 'Diddy' Combs for the hip-hop mogul 's conviction on prostitution-related charges was too harsh.
Jihadists in northeast Nigeria killed several troops including a brigadier general in an assault on a military base, local officials said on Thursday, the second killing of a high-ranking officer in five months.
Thousands of Iranians rallied Thursday in a tribute to former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed on the first day of the war with the United States and Israel, expressing criticism of talks expected in Pakistan this week
Thousands of Indigenous people marched through Brasília on 9 April 2026 during the 22nd “Free Land Encampment”, urging authorities to recognise ancestral lands ahead of October’s elections.
Israeli air strikes hit Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon as rocket sirens blare in northern Israel, despite calls to extend a regional ceasefire.
