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National and international NGOs working in Rwanda have been banned from cooperating with Belgian institutions, the Rwanda Governance Board said, after Kigali cut off diplomatic ties with Brussels earlier this month. The RGB, which oversees service delivery in the east African nation, said the ban also extended to “faith-based organizations”
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At least 825,000 Sudanese children are trapped by fighting around the beleaguered state capital of North Darfur, threatened by violence or starvation, UNICEF has warned. “We cannot turn a blind eye to this hell on earth,” said Sheldon Yett, the UN children’s agency representative for Sudan, demanding an
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Rana Al-Ahmad opens her fridge after breaking fast at sundown with her husband and four children during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Apart from eggs, potatoes and some bread, it’s empty because state electricity in Syria only comes two hours a day. “We can’t leave our food
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The Red Sea, renowned for its coral reefs and marine life, is a major hub for Egypt’s tourism industry, a pillar of the economy. However, a recent series of boating incidents and shark attacks on tourists have raised concerns, with several fatalities reported over the years. Attacks by militant
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The Sudanese army said it had wrested back full control of Khartoum, nearly two years after losing the capital to rival paramilitaries, capping a weeklong blitz that saw it recapture the presidential palace, the airport and other strategic sites. “Our forces today have... forcibly cleansed the last pockets of the
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Lebanese official media reported an air strike Friday on south Beirut following an Israeli military warning, the first such raid since a November ceasefire largely halted hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. "Israeli warplanes struck the Hadath neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs," the National News Agency said,
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British citizens “should leave South Sudan now,” UK foreign minister David Lammy has warned, with fears growing the country is tipping closer to civil war as a fragile peace deal unravels. “My message to British nationals in South Sudan is clear. If you judge it is safe to do so
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Russia said Friday it retook a border village from Ukraine in its Kursk region, where Moscow has this month reclaimed much of the territory that Kyiv held on to since last summer. Ukraine launched a ground assault into the Russian border region in August, capturing large swathes of territory including
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Suspected US airstrikes pummeled sites across Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels early Friday, including neighborhoods in the capital, Sanaa. The extent of the damage and possible casualties wasn’t immediately clear, though the number of strikes appeared particularly intense compared to other days in the campaign that began March
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European countries agreed at a summit in Paris Thursday to ramp up rather than lift sanctions on Russia over its war against Ukraine, as Britain and France began sketching out plans to send a “reassurance” force after any peace. President Emmanuel Macron hosted the meeting of Ukraine’s European allies
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Lebanon’s cabinet on Thursday named asset manager Karim Souaid as central bank governor, official media reported, a post crucial to implementing economic reforms demanded by the international community. He was appointed despite reservations of new reformist prime minister Nawaf Salam, who called on Souaid to commit to the government’
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Russia considers US plans to annex Greenland “serious” and worries the West could use the Arctic as a springboard for future conflicts, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. US President Donald Trump has pushed to take control of the autonomous Danish island since taking office in January, saying Washington needs
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Six tourists died on Thursday when a tourist submarine sank off the resort of Hurghada on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, state media reported. The website of the state-owned Akhbar Al-Youm newspaper said the deceased were all foreigners, adding that 19 others were injured. Investigations were underway to determine what
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced imposition of 25 percent tariffs on all cars and light trucks not built on US soil. “What we’re going to be doing is a 25 percent tariff on all cars that are not made in the United States. If they’re made in
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Russian forces launched a mass drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, late on Wednesday, injuring nine people and causing considerable damage, emergency services and officials said. Emergency services, posting on the Telegram messaging app, said the attacks started four fires in the city center and posted pictures
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US airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen will continue for a long time, President Donald Trump said Wednesday. His comments came shortly after Houthi media said new US strikes had hit the capital Sanaa, AFP reported. Earlier reports said there had been 19 US raids elsewhere in Yemen. The US