RIYADH - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Gulf Arab officials in Saudi Arabia Wednesday at a time of rapidly shifting alliances following the oil-rich kingdom's rapprochement with Iran.
PARIS - The state oil firm Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) was able to read emails from organizers of the COP28 climate summit, the Guardian newspaper reported Wednesday, in a fresh embarrassment for the gathering's hosts.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit grew in April on a pullback in exports, bringing the gap to its widest since October 2022, according to government data released on Wednesday.
BOUZNIKA, MORROCCO - Envoys of rival Libyan factions have agreed on the legal steps to hold much delayed presidential and legislative elections in the conflict-scarred nation, both sides said on Wednesday.
PARIS - France's opposition parties on Wednesday were debating a no-confidence motion against the government after the parliament speaker said she would block an attempt to repeal an unpopular pension overhaul that pushes back the retirement age to 64 from 62.
NAIROBI - Kenya will convert a vast coastal forest where the bodies of more than 250 people linked to a doomsday cult have been exhumed into a national memorial site, a minister has said.
PARIS — The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) slightly raised its growth outlook for the world economy on Wednesday as inflation eases and China has dropped COVID-19 restrictions, but it warned the recovery faces a "long road."
N'DJAMENA — Government forces and rebels clashed for a week in a desert region of northern Chad, according to conflicting tolls from both sides.
OUAGADOUGOU - Twenty-one people, most of them members of the security forces, have been killed in Burkina Faso in attacks by suspected jihadists, security sources said on Wednesday.
KIGALI — Rwandan President Paul Kagame has embarked on a major shakeup of the country's military, with a round of dismissals announced Wednesday after the appointment of a new defense minister, army chief and head of internal security.
KHARTOUM - Sudan's warring military factions are restarting cease-fire talks sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia, Al Arabiya TV reported on Tuesday, as they clashed by air and on the ground in the capital Khartoum.
NAIROBI — Burundi's interior ministry announced the suspension of The National Freedom Council, the main opposition party in the central African country, citing "irregularities" that critics called an attempt to stifle dissent ahead of the 2025 legislative elections.
COTONOU - Benin's new Constitutional Court began a five-year term on Tuesday, defying critics who fear its lineup could affect the country's future elections.
TUNIS - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday Rome backed efforts to secure an International Monetary Fund bailout for Tunisia and support to tackle its growing migrant problem.
GENEVA - A full 675 million people worldwide still lack access to electricity, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report published Tuesday by several international organizations.
ADDIS ABABA - The Ethiopian government on Tuesday rejected a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that accused local authorities and regional forces of pursuing a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in western Tigray despite last year's peace deal.
NEW YORK - U.S. securities regulators sued Coinbase on Tuesday, alleging that the cryptocurrency platform's failure to register as a securities exchange venue exposed investors to risk.
KANO - Several Nigerian soldiers died in an attack on a military convoy in the Lake Chad region by jihadi fighters aligned with the Islamic State group, security forces said Tuesday.
DAKAR - Two days of violence in the wake of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's prison sentencing have cost "billions of CFA francs" - tens of millions of dollars - and political risk is threatening this year's growth targets, said consultant economist Mansour Sambe.
CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to boost cooperation Tuesday after an Egyptian policeman shot dead three Israeli soldiers before being killed, officials said.
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