Hungary takes EU to court over use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

By Anadolu Agency Hungary took the European Union to court over the use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, the Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet reported Wednesday. Hungary has filed a lawsuit against the Council of the European Union and the European Peace Facility (EPF) over frozen Russian assets being used to provide Ukraine aid. The

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UAE sends an emergency delegation to Mogadishu amid anger over the visit of Sudan’s spy chief

Photo/Somali Times A delegation led by the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan, arrived in Mogadishu on a secret visit this afternoon, as learned by Somali Times. Read: Somalia at risk of reimposition of UN arms embargo Read: Somalia is the number 1 country for corruption Read: Why is Somalia

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German auto industry cuts over 51,000 jobs over U.S. tariff, weak demand-report

Pedestrians wearing face masks walk past a car dealership of Mercedes-Benz in Berlin, capital of Germany, May 7, 2020. Photographer Binh Truong By Xinhua News Agency Germany’s auto industry have cut more than 51,000 jobs over the past year as weak demand, U.S. tariffs and the costly shift to electric vehicles weighed heavily on the

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Exclusive: US and Russian officials discussed energy deals alongside latest Ukraine peace talks

A general view of the liquefied natural gas plant operated by Sakhalin Energy at Prigorodnoye on the Pacific island of Sakhalin, Russia July 15, 2021. Picture taken July 15, 2021. Photographer Vladimir Soldatkin/File Photo By Reuters U.S. and Russian government officials discussed several energy deals on the sidelines of negotiations this month that sought to

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Trump takes aim at US media outlets, hints at network license revocations

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump accused major television networks on Sunday of biased coverage and suggested they should lose their broadcast licenses. In a post on the US social media company Truth Social, which he owns, Trump claimed that broadcasters ABC and NBC produce overwhelmingly negative coverage of his presidency. “Despite a very

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Bank of England’s Bailey says UK has ‘acute challenge’ over weak growth

Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey looks on during the Bank of England financial stability report press conference at the Bank of England, in London, Britain August 7, 2025. Photographer Jordan Pettitt/File Photo By Reuters Britain faces an “acute challenge” over its weak underlying economic growth and reduced labour force participation since the

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Chinese doctors bring healthcare to Sierra Leone despite challenges

A member of the 26th batch of the Chinese medical team in Sierra Leone performs fundus examinations for a local orphan at the Saint George Foundation Children’s Welfare Institute in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on June 16, 2025. (The 26th batch of the Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone By Xinhua News Agency “The child arrived

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Botswana signs $12B investment deal with Qatari firm to accelerate development

By Anadolu Agency Botswana’s President Duma Boko said Thursday that his country signed an agreement with Qatar’s Al Mansour Holdings, which will commit $12 billion in investments to accelerate national development goals. The deal was signed in partnership with state-owned Botswana Development Corporation. “This transformative partnership spans infrastructure, energy, mining, the diamond industry, agriculture, tourism,

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Egypt opens submerged antiquities exhibition in port city Alexandria

This photo taken on Aug. 20, 2025 shows artifacts during an exhibition of sunken antiquities recovered from the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria National Museum in Alexandria, Egypt. Egypt opened on Wednesday an exhibition of sunken antiquities at the Alexandria National Museum, showcasing treasures from the Mediterranean seabed. Dubbed the “Secrets of the Sunken City Exhibition,”

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Uganda has not agreed to take deportees from US, senior official says

Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem poses in his office in Kampala, Uganda, February 2, 2017. Photographer Ed Cropley/File Photo By Reuters A senior Ugandan official denied on Wednesday a U.S. media report that the country had agreed to take in people deported from the United States, saying it lacked the facilities

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