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Chad declares national mourning after deadly Boko Haram ambush
News|Boko Haram Chad has declared three days of national mourning after a Boko Haram ambush in the volatile Lake Chad Ba...
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US seeks UN help to open Hormuz: Can its resolution succeed?
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged the United Nations to pressure Iran “to stop blowing up ships, remove the ...
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Ivory Coast dissolves electoral body amid criticism
Ivory Coast’s government has dissolved the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) after sustained opposition criticism...
Read moreSomali pirates abandon hijacked UAE dhow due to dwindling supplies
07 May 2026An Emirati dhow hijacked by Somali pirates last month has been abandoned in the Arabian Sea after the gang failed to use...
US-Israel war on Iran leaves Jordan’s Petra nearly empty of tourists
07 May 2026Ukrainian tourist Ruslana Novak and her friend had Jordan’s ancient city of Petra largely to themselves as they stood ...
MSF accuses Israel of manufacturing a malnutrition crisis in Gaza
07 May 2026Israel has manufactured a malnutrition crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip by restricting deliveries of food and aid, caus...
UK voters head to the polls in local elections
07 May 2026News|Politics Millions of people across the United Kingdom are heading to the polls in what is shaping up to be the most...
Africa sees winners and losers as Iran war pushes up oil prices
07 May 2026Eric Wainaina, a motorcycle taxi driver in Nairobi, Kenya, was already bracing for a loss in income when the rainy seaso...
Turkiye unveils its first intercontinental ballistic missile: What we know
07 May 2026Turkiye has unveiled a prototype of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as part of a push to become self-relian...
Rubio arrives at Vatican to meet Pope Leo amid Trump attacks
07 May 2026Correction Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin says the meeting was requested by the US. United States Se...
