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The accord establishes a nine-member council — seven voting members and two observers — representing political parties, the private sector and civil society, that will pave the way for presidential elections by early 2026.
Soldiers were part of southern Africa force deployed to help government troops battling M23 rebels
Bahrain's king is to release 1,584 people facing criminal and "riot" charges, state media said Monday
Holiday marks the end of the Ramadan fast; its timing is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon, in accordance with the Muslim lunar calendar
An attack a week earlier, blamed on Israel, had destroyed the former premises and sent regional tensions skyrocketing
French and British troops swap roles to take part in changing of the guard ceremonies outside palaces of the other country's head of state, in an unprecedented move to celebrate 120 years since Entente Cordiale
The Rapid Support Forces carried out a ‘massacre’ in the village of Um Adam, some 150 kilometers south of Khartoum, the Sudan Doctors Committee said in a statement
Daraa was the cradle of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar Assad but it returned to government control in 2018
The activists were arrested in 2018; Iran's supreme leader reportedly pardoned them along with more than 2,000 other inmates to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
Visit by Hossein Amirabdollahian came almost a week after an airstrike in Damascus leveled the Iranian Embassy's consular annex, further raising regional tensions
Ecuadoran special forces equipped with a battering ram on Friday surrounded the embassy, and at least one agent scaled the walls, in an almost unheard-of raid on diplomatic premises that are considered inviolable sovereign territory
The maritime activities took place days before President Biden was due to hold the first trilateral summit with the leaders of the Philippines and Japan
An adviser to Iran's supreme leader warns that Israeli embassies are 'no longer safe' after a strike in Syria which Tehran blamed on Israel killed seven Revolutionary Guards members
A source close to Hezbollah says that the strikes targeted Janta and Sifri in the Bekaa Valley, around 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the closest Israeli frontier
Rulings could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies
He deems attack a ‘warning shot’
It’s become a top export to neighboring countries
Scores of civilians have been killed this year in attacks blamed on the Cooperative for the Development of Congo armed group, which rival groups accuse of mining gold in the region
Authorities say they would forcibly evacuate people from flooded zones if they refuse orders to leave
A former Ecuadoran vice president seeking political asylum in the Mexican embassy was arrested
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