The U.S. has officially declared the ouster of Niger’s democratically-elected president a coup d’etat
Hours after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, the country’s new fortified, subterranean blood bank kicked into action
Hours after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, the country’s new fortified, subterranean blood bank kicked into action
Lengthy delays at the polls have forced officials to extend voting in Congo’s presidential election to Thursday
Congo’s election commission says President Felix Tshisekedi has won reelection with more than 70% of the vote
Senegal’s President Macky Sall says that he will end his term in April as expected, but he has not given a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday
The U.S. is scrambling to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel region of Africa after the ruling junta in Niger announced it was ending military cooperation with Washington
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Israeli leaders in his push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas to impress on them that “the time is now" for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war
Hamas says it's sending a delegation to Egypt as soon as possible to continue talks in the latest sign of progress in the fragile cease-fire process
A Hamas delegation is in Cairo and Egyptian state media say there has been “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks for Gaza
Hamas says it's accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but Israel says the deal did not meet its core demands and has pushed ahead with an assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah
The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas
Israel has ordered new evacuations in Rafah
Egypt says it has agreed to send U.N. humanitarian aid trucks through Israel’s main crossing into Gaza
Israel’s prime minister faces growing pressure after U.S. President Joe Biden described a proposed agreement to end the fighting in Gaza
Israel has carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began on Oct. 7
A draft report from the leading international authority on hunger crises says an influx of aid appears to have eased conditions in northern Gaza for now
Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst describes as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years
Two men claiming to be Russian nationals and saying they were taken captive in Niger by militants linked to al-Qaida have appeared in a video published on a media platform affiliated to the extremist group
Army troops have subdued Islamic militants who attacked a military training camp and the airport in Mali's capital, but some soldiers were killed
Years of conflict in eastern Congo have created a dire mental health crisis
Sex workers are among those hardest-hit by the mpox outbreak in eastern Congo's Kamituga town
Jews around the world will soon celebrate Passover, recounting the biblical story of their exodus from Egypt after hundreds of years of slavery
South Sudan's most comprehensive aerial wildlife survey found about 6 million antelope — a figure that would make it the world's largest land mammal migration
A new report by an independent group of experts says it's possible that famine is underway in northern Gaza, but that the war between Israel and Hamas and restrictions on humanitarian access have impeded data collection to prove it
China's leaders urge investigation into Zhuhai car attack that killed 35
Trump says Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency
Japan's rising wholesale inflation heightens uncertainty on BOJ's rate hike timing
Malaysia economy likely lost some steam in Q3: Reuters poll
Global EV sales up 35% in October, Europe ekes out a gain
Caitlin Clark steps off the court and onto the fairway to play in an LPGA pro-am
Klay Thompson returns to cheers from some 400 Warriors employees
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