Egypt and Qatar stress need for dialogue over Strait of Hormuz/in /by
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Cairo on Thursday for talks on bilateral cooperation and regional deescalation.
RSF calls for release of French journalists detained in Togo/in /by
Advocacy group Reporters Without Borders is calling for the release of two French journalists and their fixer detained in Togo.
Cameroon’s President Biya returns home after unexplained 10-week absence/in /by
President Paul Biya, 93, returned to Cameroon on Thursday, after a 73-day absence that fuelled speculation about his health.
DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses for outbreak response/in /by
WHO experts say early evidence, including animal studies, suggests Ervebo could offer some protection—and the new trial will seek to establish whether that protection extends to humans.
Chinese court sentences founder of troubled property developer Evergrande to life in prison/in /by
Hui was fined 47 million yuan ($6.5 million) in 2024 and banned from China's securities markets for life by the China Securities Regulatory Commission over inflating company financial results, among other issues.
Spanish government creates new migrant shelters to ease Ceuta crisis/in /by
On Thursday morning, it began relocating over 1,000 people from the beach to reception centres set up in army tents.
US national debt tops 40 trillion dollars for first time/in /by
America's national debt has surpassed 40 trillion dollars for the first time - more than double what it was just 10 years ago, according to data released by the US Treasury on Wednesday.
DR Congo: Prosecutors seek 15-year prison sentence for ex-justice minister/in /by
They accuse Constant Mutamba of being the mastermind behind the fraudulent disbursement of some $20 million from the Uganda Victims’ Reparation Fund.
Reuters: Continental confederations in talks to oust FIFA boss Infantino/in /by
UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF have not given up on ousting FIFA president Gianni Infantino, according to a new report from Reuters. The three continental bodies are said to be in talks about seeking a vote of no confidence against Infantino over his proposal to sell World Cup profits to private investors.
HRW says Russian paramilitaries killed 9 civilians in Mali/in /by
The Sahel country has been wracked since 2012 by a serious security crisis, notably fuelled by violence from jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State group, along with criminal gangs and armed separatists.