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Saudi Arabia on Sunday pledged $10 million to help prevent an ageing Yemeni oil tanker from unleashing a potentially catastrophic spill in the Red Sea bordering its waters.
Amnesty International on Monday accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine, saying attacks on Kharkiv, many using banned cluster bombs, had killed hundreds of civilians.
At least six people were killed in northern Burkina Faso in several attacks attributed to jihadists, local and military sources told AFP on Sunday.
Death sentences were handed to two Britons and a Moroccan for fighting with the Ukrainian army
The monarch visited Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege on the outskirts of Bukawu, on the last leg of his six-day visit to the former Belgian colony
'War is war, but life goes on,' is how one bride explained her and her partner's decision to marry as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues
With its first ministerial meeting in years, the WTO faces pressure to finally eke out long-sought trade deals and show unity amid the still raging pandemic and an impending global hunger crisis
Hundreds of people protested Saturday in southern Lebanon against Israel moving a gas production vessel into an offshore field partly claimed by Beirut. The demonstration comes just days before the U.S. envoy mediating maritime border talks between the two neighbors is expected in Lebanon
At least four people were killed Saturday in a bomb attack against a minibus in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, police have learned. The bomb placed in a minibus exploded in the early evening in an eastern district of Kabul, city police spokesman Khalid Zadran told AFP
Authorities have arrested a suspect who witnesses say pursued the men upriver
Mexican FM lauds US leader's declaration of economic partnership in hemisphere as well as efforts on 'regional approach on migration'
National security law silencing a once-vibrant press scene
The kilometer-long bridge over the Amur River links the far eastern Russian city of Blagoveshchensk with Heihe in northern China
This will be the first time NASA will investigate unexplained phenomena in Earth's skies
Cereal prices in Africa, the world's poorest continent, have surged because of the slump in exports
WHO chief says his agency is not recommending mass vaccination against virus, adds that no deaths have been reported from outbreaks
King Philippe amplifies remorse he first voiced two years ago over Belgium's brutal colonial rule, an era during which historians say millions died
'The Washington Post' this week cited unnamed Western officials as saying new facilities at Cambodia's Ream base were being built for 'exclusive' use of Chinese navy
Israel has in the past criticized lead investigator Navi Pillay for "championing an anti-Israel agenda."
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