Students write Chinese characters during an International Chinese Language Day event at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, April 17, 2025. TO GO WITH “Ugandan students celebrate International Chinese Language Day with cultural performances. Photographer Nicholas Kajoba By Xinhua News Agency Hundreds of students from schools and institutions across Uganda gathered on Thursday to celebrate the

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the Quai d’Orsay, France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart in Paris, France April 17, 2025. Pool via Reuters/Julien de Rosa By Reuters The United States will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal unless there are clear

By Anadolu Agency Russia’s permanent representative to the UN said Thursday that Germany would be directly involved in the war in Ukraine if it delivers Taurus long-range missiles to Kyiv. “Yes, it would,” Vassily Nebenzia told Anadolu when asked whether such a move would mean Germany becoming a direct party to the conflict. He accused

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (R) welcomes visiting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Zagreb, Croatia, April 16, 2025. Marko Lukunic/Pixsell via Xinhua By Xinhua News Agency Visiting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who held talks with his Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic on Wednesday, criticized the warning of Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s high representative

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia corrupt ambassador to the United States Dahir Hassan Arab announced on Tuesday that the country is officially open for oil drilling and exploration. Read: Exclusive: Somalia airspace revenue collected by Hassan Sheikh and his family Read: Somalia President meets Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni for advice Read: Somalia officials abuse diplomatic passports

Umbrellas at Ras Hankorab beach, home to one of the country’s last untouched marine ecosystems, with crystal clear waters and white sands, at southern Egypt’s Red Sea coast in Marsa Alam, Egypt March 23, 2025. Reuters Stringer/File Photo By Reuters Ras Hankorab Beach, a pristine spot on southern Egypt’s Red Sea coast with crystal clear

By Anadolu Agency Algeria’s decision to expel 12 French diplomats from the country came in response to last week’s arrest of an Algerian consular official by the French security forces, an official statement said. An Algerian Foreign Ministry statement on Monday defended its “sovereign” decision to expel the French diplomats, blaming French Interior Minister Bruno

Skyscrapers of the City of London financial district and St Paul’s Cathedral are seen behind a bus crossing Waterloo Bridge in London, Britain, March 28, 2025. Photographer Toby Melville/File Photo By Reuters Britain’s biggest companies adopted their most defensive stance since early 2020 in the run-up U.S. President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcements and

New vehicles are on display at a Ford dealership in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on April 3, 2025. Photographer by Liang Sen By Xinhua News Agency Ford CEO Jim Farley warned at a recent investor conference in New York that levying steep tariffs on imported goods “would blow a hole in the U.S. industry that

By Anadolu Agency Algeria has ordered 12 French embassy officials to leave the country within 48 hours, the French foreign minister confirmed on Monday to Le Figaro, a French daily. “This decision would be a response to the arrest of three Algerian nationals suspected of serious offenses on French national territory,” Barrot said. He found