WASHINGTON - With multiple US states hearing challenges to Donald Trump's right to run in the 2024 election, his supporters claim his enemies are tearing up democracy to prevent his return to the White House.
JERUSALEM -A video of bloodied Syrian school children shrieking after an explosion was misrepresented online as an atrocity in Gaza, throwing a spotlight on a disinformation trend researchers say dehumanises victims of both wars.
BANGUI, Central African Republic - UN peacekeepers on Friday said they had reached the scene of a December 21 massacre of 23 civilians in northwestern Central African Republic with a view to restoring order.
NAIROBI - Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye on Friday accused neighbouring Rwanda of backing rebels blamed for a string of attacks on his country's soil, including a deadly raid a week ago.
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Argentine President Javier Milei has sent letters to BRICS leaders to formalize his decision to reject an invitation to join the grouping of major emerging economies, the presidency said Friday.
CONAKRY — Almost two weeks after a huge fire in Guinea's main fuel depot brought death and destruction, anger is growing as the economy is reeling, with inflation rising, petrol rationed and no trucks moving merchandise.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Israel pounded south and central Gaza on Friday as Egypt was to host a high-level Hamas delegation for talks to try and end the nearly 12-week war that has devastated the besieged Palestinian territory.
YUMA, ARIZONA — As the world pivots from planet-warming fossil fuels to renewable energy, a new pollution problem is rearing its head: What to do with old or worn-out solar panels?
Russia on Thursday reopened its embassy in Burkina Faso nearly 32 years after the West African nation fell out with former colonial ruler France. Moscow closed its embassy in 1992.
ABIDJAN — In the kitchen of his Abidjan restaurant, Ivory Coast chef Charlie Koffi prepares his country's staggering tropical bounty with the techniques of fine French cuisine. And he's far from alone.
RABAT, MOROCCO — Morocco coach Walid Regragui said he wants his team to break "the curse of the African Cup" as he named his 27-man squad for next month's Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday.
NAIROBI — The leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces arrived Thursday in Ethiopia after stopping in Uganda on his first trips abroad since war erupted with Sudan's army in April.
MONROVIA — The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Liberia has risen to more than 40, the country's chief medical officer said Thursday.
ADRÉ — Sitting outside her makeshift shelter in eastern Chad, Sudanese refugee Mariam Adam Yaya warmed up tea on some firewood in a bid to quell her hunger.
TOKYO - In prim and proper Japan, all it took to prompt a prestigious department store chain into an earnest, public apology in the aftermath of Christmas were complaints over mangled $40 cakes.
OUAGADOUGOU — Burkina Faso's former foreign minister-turned-opposition-leader has been missing for three days after being taken away from his house by people who said they were police, his party said on Wednesday.
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories - Power cuts have become a fact of life in war-torn Gaza. But thanks to embedded SIM cards, Palestinians can still access the internet and stay in touch with loved ones abroad.
NEW YORK — US rapper Kanye West apologized to the Jewish community Tuesday, after a series of antisemitic comments that sparked outrage and led to the star being dropped from lucrative commercial deals and banned from social media.
LUSAKA— Zambian Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo resigned Tuesday, the president's office announced, hours after he was embroiled in a social media frenzy over alleged dealings with a Chinese businessman.
CONAKRY — The explosion and fire at Guinea's main fuel depot that killed 24 people and injured 454 has been "completely extinguished" nine days after it started, the government said in a statement to AFP.
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