PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Israel was facing mounting international pressure Wednesday over its war in Gaza, with even key backer the United States criticizing the "indiscriminate" bombing.
DUBAI — Nearly 200 nations meeting in Dubai on Wednesday approved a first-ever call for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, tackling the top culprit of climate change after years of avoidance although at-risk countries said far more action was needed.
The ongoing withdrawal of French troops participating in an anti-jihadist mission in Niger will be complete by December 22, the Sahel country's army said Tuesday.
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday that Israel risked losing global support for its war against Hamas by "indiscriminate" bombing of Gaza.
NAIROBI — President William Ruto said Tuesday that Kenya was emerging "out of debt distress," touting his economic policies despite public anger over tax hikes and slashed subsidies as the country marked its 60th independence anniversary.
KIGALI — Rwanda will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on July 15 next year, the election commission said Tuesday, with President Paul Kagame due to run for a fourth term in office.
JOHANNESBURG — Tributes flowed in Tuesday to award-winning South African singer Zahara — whose debut album made her an overnight pop sensation — after her death at the age of 36.
DUBAI - A quarter of freshwater fish species worldwide are at risk of extinction, according to an update to the global red list of threatened species on Monday, highlighting the escalating impacts of human-caused climate change on the planet's wildlife.
Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories — Heavy urban battles raged Monday in the bloodiest-ever war in Gaza, with more than 18,200 Palestinians and 104 Israeli soldiers reported dead amid a spiralling humanitarian crisis.
NAIROBI — The presidents of Kenya and Belarus agreed to "broaden ties" during talks in Nairobi on Monday, the Kenyan presidency said, as diplomatically-isolated Minsk seeks to secure more African allies.
DUBAI — The U.N. climate chief on Monday urged an end to obstruction a day before the deadline for a deal at a summit in Dubai, with oil producers resisting historic calls for the world to wind down fossil fuels.
GENEVA - The UN on Monday urged world leaders to revive the spirit that led to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 75 years ago, to counter today's widespread oppression and polarisation
BAMAKO — In a pullout ordered by Mali's military leaders, the United Nations mission in the country officially ended a 10-year deployment on Monday, its spokesperson said.
PORT SUDAN — The United Nations has only been able to reach a fraction of the nearly 25 million people needing aid in conflict-devastated Sudan, the head of the United Nations's humanitarian response in the country says.
JERUSALEM - Israel and Cyprus have foiled an Iranian plan to kill Israelis on the east Mediterranean island, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Sunday.
DUBAI - The United States is helping lead the charge at UN climate talks to phase out fossil fuels, but the superpower's status as the world's top oil producer is already casting doubt on its credibility.
DUBAI - Oil producers Saudi Arabia and Iraq stood their ground at UN climate talks on Sunday as they faced pressure to drop their opposition to a phase-out of fossil fuels at COP28 in Dubai.
HARARE — Zimbabwe opposition on Sunday said it would challenge the results of "sham" weekend by-elections, which could give the ruling party enough of a majority to change the constitution.
ABUJA — West African leaders met in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Sunday for talks on their region in deepening crisis, after four countries fell under military rule and with risks growing from Sahel jihadist conflicts.
ROME - Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a "prison bakery" where slaves and blindfolded donkeys were kept locked up underground to grind grain for bread, officials said this week.
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