ISTANBUL / TRIPOLI, Libya; The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) commended Libya on Sunday for the completion of the third phase of municipal elections. “The process was conducted in a generally calm and orderly atmosphere,” with a voter turnout estimated at 69%, UNSMIL said in a statement on US social media company X, citing […]
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In this photo released by Syrian Presidency press office, US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 10, 2025. Image/AP US President Donald Trump on Saturday warned that there will be a “very serious retaliation” after two US soldiers and one civilian
Spanish police bust gang that used helicopters to fly drugs from Morocco. Police seized one helicopter in an isolated warehouse, along with 657 kg of hashish, five firearms, cash and vehicles during raids in the provinces of Malaga, Almeria and Murcia. Spanish police said on Saturday they had broken up a criminal gang that used
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The election took place during the assembly’s closing session on 12 December, in Nairobi, Kenya. Libya’s Minister of Environment in the Government of National Unity and Chair of the African Ministers of Environment Council, Ibrahim Al-Arabi Al-Muneer, was elected Vice President of the current session. The voting process saw broad international participation, with more than
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Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been killed and eight others injured in an attack on a United Nations base in Abyei, Sudan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has confirmed. The assault occurred amid ongoing clashes in the region, the military’s media wing said in a statement issued around 10pm on Saturday. Bangladesh has maintained a contingent
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo – Former journalist and prominent cultural figure Magloire Paluku Kavunga, who later became a cultural adviser within the AFC/M23 movement, was shot dead on Wednesday evening in Goma, in an incident that has sent shockwaves through North Kivu’s political and media circles. Authorities in Goma confirmed the killing but have
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MTN Uganda CEO, Sylvia Mulinge, speaking at the opening of the newly refurbished Entebbe Clubhouse, reaffirmed commitment to Entebbe Club 1901, highlighting partnership, growth, and community MTN Uganda and Entebbe Club officially opened the refurbished Entebbe Clubhouse in fulfilment of commitments made under their three-year partnership signed in April 2023, with the Attorney General of
Some 200 West African soldiers, mainly from Nigeria and Ivory Coast, are in Benin to support the government following Sunday’s failed coup, Benin’s foreign minister says. The attempt was foiled after Nigeria deployed fighter jets to drive the mutineers out of a military base and state TV headquarters, where they had declared a takeover. This
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By KIYINGI GODFREY The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Environment has criticized several ministries and government departments for failing to comply with the Public Finance Management Act, a lapse disrupting the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC). Although the Ministry of Finance released 81 billion shillings to settle water utility arrears for 14 ministries
The ministry claimed that the cohort of travelers included four members of Ghana’s parliament who were en route to the Annual International Cybersecurity Conference in Tel Aviv. The four politicians were allegedly only released after “more than five hours of strenuous diplomatic intervention.” The other three were deported on the next flight and have since returned
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