ABUJA, Nigeria: An armed gang abducted around 20 students from an Islamic school in the northcentral Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, police and state...
CAIRO, Egypt: Egypt’s foreign minister, in a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, has stressed the need to build on a truce between Israel and Hamas...
TORONTO, Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said flags at all federal buildings would be flown at half-staff to honour more than 200 children...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Palestine: Israeli forces on Friday shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Zakaria...
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has inaugurated a mosque in Taksim Square, Istanbul – the plans for which sparked a wave of protests...
BAMAKO, Mali: Mali’s constitutional court has named the colonel who led a military coup this week as the country’s new interim leader. The ruling, issued...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Palestine: Palestinian group Hamas has promised “transparent and impartial” distribution of aid as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held for the sixth...
BEIJING, China: The trial of an Australian-Chinese writer charged with espionage by China has begun in a closed-door court in Beijing. Yang Hengjun, an Australian...
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran has banned all cryptocurrency mining for the next four months as widespread power outages stir public dissatisfaction across the country. President Hassan...
MINNEAPOLIS, USA: George Floyd’s sister has boycotted a meeting with US President Joe Biden, saying he “broke a promise” to enact police reform legislation by...