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World
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Africa
6/22/2024 1:48:03 PM
Campaigning opened Saturday for Rwanda's July 15 presidential election with President Paul Kagame widely expected to extend his 24-year iron-fisted rule over the Great Lakes nation.
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Sports
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Africa
6/21/2024 11:37:36 PM
The next Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Morocco from December 21 2025 to January 18 2026, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe said on Friday.
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World
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Africa
6/21/2024 4:33:49 PM
Kenyan protesters called Friday for a national strike on June 25 to oppose proposed tax hikes, following this week's mass demonstrations led by mostly young people across the country.
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Business
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Economy
6/21/2024 3:30:35 PM
Worldwide foreign direct investment fell for a second consecutive year in 2023 amid a global economic slowdown, coupled with swelling trade and geopolitical tensions, the United Nations said Thursday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/21/2024 3:17:00 PM
Armenia announced Friday recognizing the State of Palestine as part of its commitments against "violence towards civilian populations and "equality of nations."
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/20/2024 8:03:00 PM
Egypt, a host country for refugees and asylum seekers from 62 different nationalities, reiterated on Thursday the importance of intensifying international efforts to ensure the fair implementation of the principle of burden and responsibility sharing for refugees.
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Sports
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World
6/19/2024 9:32:36 PM
Two kings and a prince are set to watch the soccer aristocrats playing on the field at European Championship games on Thursday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/19/2024 5:35:42 PM
Egypt refuted claims that it has approved the deployment of forces to Gaza as part of an alleged joint Arab task force under the United Nations, which would follow the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation troops from the Palestinian strip.
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World
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Africa
6/19/2024 5:15:14 PM
Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, a new report said Wednesday, the latest trend in the militants' movements to wealthier West African coastal nations.
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World
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Region
6/19/2024 3:47:52 PM
A diplomat in Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that 68 Indian nationals died during the hajj pilgrimage this year marked by searing heat, bringing the overall tally to more than 600.
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World
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Africa
6/19/2024 2:07:36 PM
South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in for a second full term as president in Pretoria on Wednesday, after his weakened African National Congress (ANC) struck a government coalition deal.
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World
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International
6/18/2024 5:51:42 PM
A United Nations agency is warning that developments in artificial intelligence could spawn a new surge in Holocaust denial.
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Sports
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World
6/18/2024 4:14:46 PM
The youngest player to score three goals for Brazil’s national team was Pelé. Now another player, also 17 but a few days older than one of greatest of all time, did the same wearing the iconic yellow shirt.
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World
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International
6/17/2024 2:31:30 PM
The world's nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries deepened their reliance on such deterrence in 2023, a Swedish think tank said Monday.
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World
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International
6/16/2024 3:08:27 PM
Tax, immigration, the state-run National Health Service (NHS): the UK's leading parties are battling over key policy areas in the general election campaign.
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World
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International
6/16/2024 12:47:20 PM
Taliban authorities will attend the third round of United Nations-hosted talks on Afghanistan in the Qatari capital, a government spokesman told AFP on Sunday, after snubbing an invitation to the previous round.
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World
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Region
6/15/2024 3:38:01 PM
France, Germany and Britain on Saturday condemned Iran's "latest measures", after the United Nations atomic watchdog said the country was expanding its nuclear capacities.
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Sports
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World
6/14/2024 9:18:52 PM
Norwich City forward Josh Sargent, healed from a foot injury, was among a 26-player roster named Friday by US national team coach Gregg Berhalter for the upcoming Copa America.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
6/14/2024 8:09:30 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Local Development revealed on Thursday that it has allocated EGP 98 million to supply 3 million trees countrywide during the 2023/2024 fiscal year.
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World
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International
6/14/2024 4:51:05 PM
France's left put up a united front on Friday, vowing a "total break" with President Emmanuel Macron's policies if it wins historic polls, while far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen pledged a "national unity government" if her party emerges victorious.
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