The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Lebanon and Israel amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. The UN Security Council will convene in an emergency session on Wednesday to discuss escalating tensions between Lebanon and Israel. The Permanent Mission of Switzerland, who...
The pair has been charged with "conspiracy against state security, corruption and money laundering", according to their lawyer. Two men close to Benin's president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African country were remanded in custody ahead of their...
The impeachment process against Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has officially started in parliament, leaving the fate of his stay in power to lawmakers. By Brian Okoth Kenya's National Assembly has officially started the process of impeaching Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Mwengi M...
The Maldives has said it has officially filed a declaration of intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to join the genocide case against Israel for committing massacres in the Gaza Strip. “The Maldives, pursuant to the Article 63 of the CIJ_IC Statute, filed the declaration of in...
Le nombre total de victimes du virus de Marburg s'élève désormais à onze après la mort de cinq personnes des suites de cette fièvre hémorragique similaire à Ebola, a annoncé tard mardi le ministère de la Santé. Ce virus très dangereux, avec un taux de mortalité pouvant aller jusqu'à 88%, cause un...
At least 45 people have died after two migrant boats capsized off Djibouti's coast on Tuesday, authorities said. Two shipwrecks off the coast of Djibouti killed at least 45 migrants, with many missing, according to a statement Tuesday from the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM)....
12 personnes, dont l'organisateur de la traversée et son épouse, ont été arrêtées pour une tentative d'émigration au départ de Djerba, en Tunisie, qui s'est terminée par la mort par noyade d'au moins quinze migrants tunisiens. Le président tunisien Kais Saied, qui brigue un nouveau mandat dimanch...
Tel Aviv says that Iran launched 180 missiles targeted at Israel on Tuesday night. Israel said late on Tuesday that Iran fired a barrage of missiles at the country in an attack that Tehran described as retaliation for the assassinations of senior Iranian, Hamas and Hezbollah officials. Israel’s A...
Israel's 362-day war on Gaza has killed 41,600+ Palestinians, based on conservative estimates. Separately, Israel's bombardment across Lebanon since September 23 has left over 1,000 people dead and hundreds more injured. Wednesday, October 2, 2024 1436 GMT –– Eight Israeli soldiers have been kill...
Maradona's children had requested that his remains be transferred to a monument that will be known as the "M10 Memorial." An Argentine court on Tuesday authorized the transfer of football legend Diego Maradona's remains, at his daughters' request, from a cemetery to a mausoleum to be built for hi...
Uganda's foreign exchange reserves declined by 4.3% in the three months to July 2024. Uganda's foreign exchange reserves shrank 4.3% in the three months to the end of July from the previous three months, extending a recent downward trend, the central bank said in a report published on Wednesday....
Cameroon's football chief was banned after confronting match officials at a women’s Under-20 World Cup match. The Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) believes the six-month stadium ban imposed by FIFA on its president Samuel Eto’o is the result of a misunderstanding and have not ruled out a l...