WASHINGTON—This month’s unprecedented direct attacks between Iran and Israel are revealing deeper insights into both militaries.
This year, for many Jews, the holiday’s mood will be impacted by somber factors related to Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and the rise of antisemitic incidents elsewhere.
WASHINGTON—It's a full agenda for Ajay Banga as he nears the end of his first year as World Bank president. The bank and the International Monetary Fund are holding their spring meetings in Washington this week, and Banga is highlighting new initiatives to expand access to health care and electricity across the globe.
DAKAR — U.S. officials said that they will begin to withdraw troops from Niger, but there is no timeline.
A man who doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial has died, police said.
HARARE — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners, including some who were on death row, in an Independence Day amnesty on Thursday.
ABUJA—The Nigerian army says a girl who was seized from her school along with hundreds others during a raid by extremists ten years ago in northeastern Nigeria has been rescued together with her three children.
TUNIS — A judge in Tunisia sentenced a journalist and political commentator to six months in prison in the country's latest assault on members of the media who criticize the government.
JOHANNESBURG— Polls show that in South Africa's elections this year, the ruling African National Congress party might receive less than 50% of votes. One big reason is Jacob Zuma, the former president who stepped down in 2018 amid corruption allegations but has emerged in recent months backing a new political party.
CAPRI, Italy—Group of Seven foreign ministers are meeting on the resort island of Capri amid calls for new sanctions against Iran over its attack against Israel and more aid to Ukraine to fight Russia’s war.
NEW YORK—Black immigrants have turned out in the hundreds across from a City Hall, drawing attention to racial inequities in the city’s shelter and immigrant support systems.
ALGIERS— An Algerian journalist is decrying his expulsion from the country after flying in from France and not being allowed to leave the airport last weekend.
BARCELONA— Brazilian police investigating the discovery of a boat with several dead bodies say they were likely African migrants from Mali and Mauritania.
WASHINGTON— President Joe Biden's administration is launching a program that will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak.
NAIROBI—A new United Nations report estimates that 19% of the food produced around the world, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, went to waste in 2022.
BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC— Sexual assaults and other cases of gender-based violence are rising in Central African Republic. The alleged attackers include people from Wagner mercenaries to bandits to United Nations peacekeepers.
DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA STRIP—The Israeli military has renewed warnings for Palestinians not to return to northern Gaza.
KINSHASA— A local official in eastern DRC says extremist-linked rebels attacked villages over the weekend, killing at least 11 people, torching vehicles and taking possessions.
BOSTON — Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia set a blistering pace and held on to win the Boston Marathon on Monday with the 10th fastest time in the race's 128-year old history. Hellen Obiri defended her title, becoming the first woman to win back-to-back Boston Marathons since 2005.
MOGADISHU — The European Union’s maritime security force says a cargo vessel seized in March by pirates off the Somali coast has been freed along with its crew.
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