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February 21, 2024
Biden to Strengthen US Ports from Cyberattacks

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order and create a new federal rule aimed at better securing the nation’s ports from potential cyber attacks.
February 21, 2024
Iran Accuses Israel of Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Israeli sabotage attack on an Iranian natural gas pipeline caused the multiple explosions that struck it a week ago. Iran's oil minister made the allegation Wednesday, further raising tensions between the regional archenemies amid Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
February 21, 2024
Senegal Presidential Candidates Renew Call for Elections Within Weeks

DAKAR —Fifteen candidates in Senegal's delayed presidential election have accused President Macky Sall of "ill will" and said they will take action to ensure a new poll date is swiftly established.
February 20, 2024
World Food Program Says Chaos Preventing Food Deliveries to Gaza

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The World Food Program says it has to pause deliveries of food to isolated northern Gaza because of increasing chaos across the territory, hiking fears of potential starvation.
February 20, 2024
Kenya Court Orders Hospitalization of Supects in Doomsday Cult

NAIROBI, Kenya — A magistrate has ordered the main suspect in a doomsday starvation cult and 94 of his followers to receive emergency care after some of the suspects were carried into the court room to answer manslaughter charges frail and weak to “even open their eyes” from an apparent hunger strike.
February 20, 2024
South Africa Sets May 29 as the Date for National Elections

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the highly anticipated national election will be held on May 29. Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress is expected to face a stern test to retain its majority in South Africa’s seventh fully democratic national election since the end of the apartheid system of forced racial segregation in 1994.
February 20, 2024
Unemployment Increases as South Africa's ANC Faces Election Year

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 32.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023. It is the highest in the world. The news is a blow to the ruling African National Congress party as it prepares to face its steepest election test ever in a few months.
February 20, 2024
Aid Agencies Urge World to Address Eastern DRC Conflict

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help.
February 20, 2024
US Issues UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS — The United States has circulated a rival U.N. Security Council resolution that would support a temporary cease-fire in Gaza after rejecting an Arab-backed resolution. The U.S. draft resolution, obtained Monday by The Associated Press, would underscore that a temporary cease-fire “as soon as practicable" requires the release all hostages taken from Israel after Hamas’ October 7 attacks.
February 20, 2024
Animal Welfare Groups and Authorities Probe Ship at Cape Town Harbor

CAPE TOWN — Authorities in Cape Town launched an investigation after a foul stench swept over the South African city.
February 19, 2024
Film Biography of Reggae Legend Scores in Opening Weekend

Early signs suggest that for moviegoing audiences, “Bob Marley: One Love” is already making waves at the box office.
February 19, 2024
Norway to Transfer Tax Funds to the West Bank

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway says it will transfer tax funds to the Palestinian Authority that have been frozen for months because of a dispute with Israel.
February 19, 2024
Top Palestinian Diplomat Accuses Israel of Apartheid at World Court Hearings

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Palestinian foreign minister has accused Israel of apartheid and urged the United Nations’ top court to declare that Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state is illegal.
February 19, 2024
Rwanda Rejects US Call to Withdraw Military Personnel, Missiles from the DRC

KAMPALA — Authorities in Rwanda have rejected U.S. calls for the removal of troops and missile systems from eastern DRC, saying they are defending Rwandan territory as Kinshasa's forces carries out a “dramatic military build-up” near the border.
February 18, 2024
Mexico Opposition Marches Against Ruling Party, Corruption

MEXICO CITY — Thousands of demonstrators marched through cities in Mexico and abroad in what they call a “march for democracy.” The rally targeted the country's ruling party in advance of the country’s June 2 elections.
February 18, 2024
Former US President Carter Marks One Year in Hospice

ATLANTA — Since Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in south Georgia one year ago, the former U.S. president has celebrated his 99th birthday, enjoyed tributes to his legacy and lost his wife of 77 years. Health care advocates commend the Carter family for demonstrating the realities of aging, dementia and death.
February 18, 2024
World Court to Consider Legality of Israeli Occupation of Land Claimed by Palestinians

THE HAGUE — The United Nations’ highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.
February 18, 2024
South Africa's Main Opposition Vows to Defeat Long-Ruling African National Congress

PRETORIA, South Africa — In South Africa, the date for the National Assembly and provincial elections hasn't been set, but it is expected to be sometime between May and August. On Saturday, Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen vowed to unseat the ruling African National Congress and accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of enabling corruption.
February 18, 2024
African Leaders Call for End of Israel's Gaza Offensive

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Leaders at an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa have condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza and called for its immediate end.
February 17, 2024
Brilliant Red Flowers Bloom Amid Ashes of Southern Israel

As spring approaches each year, wildflowers erupt across Israel. Nowhere is the show more dramatic than in southern Israel, near Gaza, where brilliant red anemones burst forth with such intensity that rolling hills seem to grow red carpets.

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