The French presidency announced Thursday the appointment of Michel Barnier as the new prime minister, almost two months after the snap parliamentary elections in which the New Popular Front (NPF)…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pledged more than 50 billion dollars for projects in Africa over the next three years, telling African leaders that his country is ready to deepen…
Russian defenses last night destroyed seven Ukrainian drones over three Russian provinces and two boats in Black Sea waters. According to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry, air defense…
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck an area near the northern coast of Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean about…
Nineteen al-Shabaab militants have been killed in two separate airstrikes in the central and southern states of Galmudug and Hirshabelle, Somalia’s Information Ministry said on Wednesday. According to the ministry’s…
Seven people, including three children, were killed and more than 30 injured in Russian shelling of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Tuesday night, according to a new toll…
Namibian authorities have begun slaughtering more than 700 wild animals of various species to feed a hungry population hit by the country’s worst drought in decades. About 160 animals were…
Tunisia: Presidential candidate Ayachi Zemal jailed A lawyer for Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zemal said on Wednesday that Tunisian prosecutors have ordered his client’s detention pending trial. The prosecutor’s office…
Algeria has entered an electoral silence period that will last for three days until the presidential election scheduled for Saturday. The electoral silence period is a period defined by the…
Bolivian Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa on Wednesday expressed her country’s strong interest in joining the BRICS group. Sosa told Sputnik in an interview: “Bolivia has a great interest and strong…