Turkey said Wednesday it would seek the extradition of 33 "terror" suspects from Sweden and Finland under a deal that paved the way for Ankara to back the Nordic countries' NATO membership, which the alliance formally offered on Wednesday.
Eskom, South Africa's primary electricity supplier, said on Tuesday that it has implemented the strictest electricity rationing in two and a half years, following labor disputes that halted operations at numerous factories.
An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced to death 10 Islamist militants found guilty of terror-related charges, a judicial source said.
The Group of Seven top economic powers ended their summit Tuesday in the Bavarian Alps with an "action list" of items for the member nations to address.
Sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been given an additional one-year ban for doping violations on top of her existing 10-year suspension, a decision that rules Nigeria out of the sprint relay at the world championships.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) said on Tuesday that workers faced record abuse of their labor rights in the past year, from union bans to violence and murder.
The UN called for a "final and courageous effort" to break the deadlock over the rules for long-awaited elections in war-torn Libya, as talks between rival institutions began in Geneva.
A Russian missile strike on a crowded mall in central Ukraine killed at least 18 people in what Group of Seven leaders branded "a war crime" at a meeting in Germany where they looked to step up sanctions on Moscow.
A Russian missile strike on a crowded mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk killed at least 13 people Monday, the regional governor said, updating an earlier toll.
Tunisia's former prime minister and senior official of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, Hamadi Jebali, was released on Monday, four days after he was arrested, one of his lawyers said.
The African Union Commission chief has voiced his shock at the "violent and degrading" treatment of African migrants trying to cross from Morocco into Spain after 23 people died, and called for an investigation into the incident.
G7 leaders are considering watering down a pledge to stop financing fossil fuel projects abroad, according to a draft text seen by AFP on Monday, as some countries struggle to replace Russian energy imports.
Hundreds of Africans once stranded in Libya are now in limbo at the Gashora Transit Centre on a dusty road outside the Rwandan capital, Kigali, but none want to stay in the country that gave them shelter.
Sudan said Monday it will recall its ambassador to Addis Ababa for "consultations" following accusations that the Ethiopian army executed seven captured Sudanese soldiers and a civilian.
A long-delayed conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon on Monday, with the head of the UN saying the world's seas are in crisis.
G7 nations on Monday ratcheted up economic pressure against Moscow with progress in talks on capping Russian oil prices and new sanctions hobbling Russia's defense industry.
Russian strikes hit a residential building in Kyiv on Sunday, June 26, in the first attack on the capital in almost three weeks, Ukraine said, as President Vlodomyr called for increased support from G7 leaders now meeting in Germany.
Somalia's parliament on Saturday unanimously endorsed Hamza Abdi Barre as new prime minister, paving the way for the creation of a new government for the troubled Horn of Africa nation.
Amnesty International has called for the release of prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who on Saturday, June 25 marks 1,000 days of "unjust detention".
The World Bank will grant Ethiopia, which has been ravaged by both drought and a deadly conflict, $715 million worth of loans and grants. Aid has been suspended for the east African nation since the outbreak of conflict between the government and rebels in the Tigray region in November 2020.
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