BRUSSELS (AA) – Belgium colonized the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the reign of King Leopold II, who remained on the throne from 1865 to 1909 and declared himself the private owner of the territory three times larger than his homeland, calling it “Congo Free State” and enjoying the recognition of heav...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The normally cooler temperatures in the northwest of the Canadian province of Ontario have given way to a heart warning, Environment Canada forecast Monday. The warning, the first time it has been issued in 2022, covers most of the week as forecasts say the thermometer could reach 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday agreed to table a bill next week for the dissolution of the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament), and the latter will be appointed as prime minister, state media reported. As part of the agreement, a vote will be held in the Knesset […]
ANKARA (AA) – Talks on Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids will continue, and the forthcoming summit in Madrid is not an endpoint, a Turkish official has said. “As we have said before, the NATO summit (in Madrid) is not an endpoint for us, so those negotiations will continue. That’s what we told our interlocutors [&hell...
DOLOW, Somalia (AA) – A humanitarian delegation led by the Somali president’s special envoy for the drought response on Monday visited Dolow, one of the worst drought-stricken towns in the country, to see the humanitarian crisis and famine unfolding in the Gedol region. Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame met with the United Nations depu...
Al-Laota, Sudan – (AFP) Impoverished Sudan has for years been grappling with a grinding economic crisis, which deepened after last year’s military coup prompted Western governments to cut crucial aid. The October coup derailed a fragile transition put in place following the 2019 ouster of president Omar al-Bashir. Over 18 million p...
Dakar, Senegal – (AFP) Senegal’s main opposition leader has called for a fresh demonstration to be held on June 29, despite the previous one being banned and the ensuing clashes that left three dead. Ousmane Sonko, who came third in the last presidential election, also called on citizens to “bang pots and pans” in prote...
Beirut, Lebanon – (AFP) Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said that Lebanon is ready to expel Syrian refugees living in the country if the international community does not work to repatriate them. Lebanon, grappling with its worst ever economic crisis, has the world’s highest proportion of refugees in its population, with the governm...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s government said late Monday that the eighth and last body of a group of miners who were reported missing in April had been found, bringing to an end more than two months of searching in a zinc mine. The miners were reported missing on April 16 in the Perkoa […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 13 Syrian regime soldiers were killed when their bus came under attack on Monday, according to the state news agency SANA. SANA said the attack took place in the northern countryside of Raqqa province, which is controlled by the PKK. Two other soldiers were injured in the attack. Several buses […]
