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An attack by armed rebels has killed at least 69 people in Ituri province in the conflict-torn northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to security officials. For more than 30 years, the mineral-rich eastern DRC has been a battleground for various armed groups, vying for...

An Islamic State-affiliated group attacked villages in Congo near the border with Uganda, killing at least 40 people and burning and looting homes, a local civil society group said Friday. The attacks were carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) overnight from Wednesday through Thursday...

The United States has imposed a host of new sanctions related to Cuba, amid a months-long pressure campaign against the island nation. The sanctions on Thursday were announced hours after United Nations experts decried Washington’s effective fuel blockade of the island as tantamount to “energy...

The attacks, which have been claimed by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), followed last month’s heavy assaults on the government by the group and a Tuareg separatist group, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA). The FLA has been seeking to secede from the northern region of the West African...

The United Nations has called for the immediate release of two Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla activists abducted by Israeli authorities last week, calling for an investigation into the “disturbing accounts of severe mistreatment”. Israel must “immediately and unconditionally” release activists...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has come under attack from Iranian missiles and drones for the second day in a row, according to its Defense Ministry, while Iran denied being behind the aggression. According to the UAE, Tuesday’s attack came a day after at least three people were injured in strikes...

Russian attacks killed 21 people in cities across Ukraine on Tuesday, May 5, as President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Moscow's "utter cynicism" for launching deadly strikes while seeking a truce to stage its May 9 patriotic parade. The attacks—hitting the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kramatorsk and...

Russia on Monday, May 4, declared a unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine between May 8-9, when Moscow marks its annual World War II Victory Day commemorations, and threatened a "massive missile strike" on Kyiv if Ukraine violated it. Ukraine responded by declaring its own truce from May 6, saying it...

Boko Haram militants have killed 23 soldiers in an attack on a military post in the Lake Chad region, Chad’s armed forces said Tuesday. The region has long been threatened by the Nigeria-based Boko Haram militant group, which is known for carrying out attacks in neighboring countries. Chad’s...

Mali’s junta leader and the country’s president has assumed the duties of defense minister, authorities said Monday, after the incumbent was killed in sweeping, coordinated attacks by separatist and jihadi forces that stunned the West African nation. The announcement comes after Defense Minister Gen...