Kazakhstan National Day events held at Osaka Expo 2025
Kazakhstan marked its National Day at Expo 2025 in Osaka on 10 August with a programme of music, traditional dress, and cultural presentations.
Khartoum Airport nears reopening after Sudan army recapture
Reconstruction work is underway at the facility after the army recaptured it in March amid the ongoing civil war.
Countries deadlocked on plastic production and chemicals as talks near end
Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution will draw to a close Friday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production.
Protesters rally over Zelenskyy’s exclusion from Trump–Putin summit
Protesters in Anchorage, Alaska, opposed US President Donald Trump meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin without Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Mali arrests 2 generals, Frenchman in alleged coup plot
The national television broadcast photos of 11 people it said were members of the group that planned the coup. The security minister also identified the two Malian generals he said were part of the plot
DR Congo, Somalia top cases of conflict-related sexual violence – UN report
In Congo's Kivu alone, health workers treated more than 17,000 victims of sexual violence over just five months last year, according to the report, as battles between Congolese forces and M23 rebels intensified
Tunisia’s Women’s Day parade celebrates the traditional sefsari tunic
Women’s Day marks the anniversary of the 1956 adoption of the Personal Status Code which granted women equal rights.
Sudan’s Khartoum airport gets a new runway as it inches closer to reopening
Reconstruction work is underway at the facility after the army recaptured it in March amid the ongoing civil war.
Morocco battles fierce wildfire in Amelay forest
Teams remain on high alert to prevent the flames from spreading further as the country braces for continued high fire risk.
27 migrants drown off Lampedusa, dozens rescued
Humanitarian organizations warn that the central Mediterranean route remains one of the world’s deadliest migration corridors, with thousands dying each year in desperate attempts to reach Europe.