Oil ‘pouring through’ Strait of Hormuz, Trump says, as he unveils new Air Force One/in /by
US president Donald Trump unveiled the new Airforce One, a jumbo jet formerly owned by Qatar. It features a navy blue and red exterior, a break from the traditional robin’s egg blue.
Fans party in Monterrey ahead of Japan-Tunisia World Cup match/in /by
Football fans from Japan and Tunisia partied in Monterrey, Mexico ahead of the match Saturday where their national squads face each other to keep their hopes of reaching the Round of 32 alive.
African leaders mark Juneteenth with call for reparations for Atlantic slave trade/in /by
African and Caribbean leaders marked Juneteenth on Friday with a call for reparations from former slave-trading nations.
Africa must invest own funds in Ebola response, says CDC head/in /by
Africa's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) chief said Friday the continent needs to invest its own funds in Ebola response.
Brazil and Haiti fans celebrate together after World Cup match/in /by
Fans of Brazil and Haiti’s national soccer teams celebrated together as they left Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Friday evening.
Morocco fans celebrate 1-0 win over Scotland in second World Cup match/in /by
Morocco fans celebrated in Massachusetts on Friday after their team’s 1-0 victory over Scotland in their second match of the 2026 World Cup.
Red Cross in DRC workers bury six-month-old girl who died of Ebola/in /by
A six-month-old girl was buried in Bunia on Friday, another victim of the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Her tiny coffin serving as a reminder of the severity of the epidemic, which continues to spread in Ituri province.
Spreading violence and impunity spreading perceptions of genocide in Nigeria, UN says/in /by
Spreading violence and impunity for perpetrators is undermining religious freedom in Nigeria, a United Nations Special Rapporteur told a press conference in Abuja on Friday.
New wave of anti-LGBTQ laws sweeps Africa/in /by
A string of west African countries have outlawed same-sex relations in recent months, further eroding LGBTQ rights on a continent where they were already under attack
Russia, Madagascar foreign ministers hold talks in Moscow/in /by
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomed his Madagascar counterpart, Alice N'Diaye, in Moscow on Friday