Following an invitation from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, US President Joe Biden will travel to Israel. Both countries acknowledged on Sunday that Biden had accepted an invitation to visit Israel in the coming months, but neither party gave a specific date for the trip. Bennett paid a visit to Biden in August 2021 in […]
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At least168 killed in war-torn Darfur region
According to a Sudanese aid organisation, fighting between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur area has killed at least 168 people. On Sunday, Adam Regal, a spokesman for the General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced Persons in Darfur, claimed that violence in the Kreinik area of West Darfur province had also injured 98 people. […]
Death toll rises to 17 in migrant shipwreck off Tunisian coast
The death toll from several migrant shipwrecks off the Tunisian coast has risen to 17 people, a judicial official has said. On Saturday, the Tunisian coast guard said four boats carrying 120 African migrants and refugees headed for Italy had sunk off the coast near the city of Sfax. Another five bodies were recovered on […]
Six dead, 48 rescued as migrant boat capsizes off Lebanon
After a boat carrying around 60 migrants crashed off the coast of Lebanon, where fatal sea crossings have spiralled due to an economic crisis, at least six people perished, including a child, and 48 people were rescued. “Army naval forces rescued 48 people and recovered the remains of a young child… from a boat that […]
Turkey closes airspace for Russian civilian and military planes
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted in local media as saying that Turkey had closed its airspace to Russian commercial and military planes travelling to Syria. “We blocked Russian military jets – and even civilian flights – from travelling to Syria.” They had till April, and we asked in March,” Cavusoglu said on Saturday, […]
Six people lost lives in explosion at beachside restaurant in Somalia
An explosion occurred at a beachside restaurant in Mogadishu, which was hosting Somalia’s police head and politicians at the time. Six persons were killed. The government officials were uninjured in the Friday bomb, which resulted in a fire inside the building, according to authorities. “The blast killed six individuals and injured seven others,” Abdikadir Abdirahman, […]
Guinea’s deposed president Conde released from house arrest
The reigning military administration of Guinea declared that deposed president Alpha Conde has been released from house detention and can now receive visitors, including family members. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, the coup leader and interim president, “informs national and world opinion that the former president of the country is finally free,” according to a military statement […]
Explosion in Nigerian illegal oil refinery kills more than 100 people
An explosion at an illegal oil processing plant in Nigeria’s Rivers state killed more than 100 people overnight, according to a local government official and an environmental group. “The fire broke out at an illegal bunkering site, affecting over 100 persons who were charred beyond recognition,” said Goodluck Opiah, the state commissioner for petroleum resources. […]