This photo taken on May 3, 2025 shows a well-drilling rig at night at the site of Owainat Water Well Project in the desert of New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Photographer Sui Xiankai By Xinhua News Agency As summer begins, patches of lush farmland stretch across Egypt’s Western Desert, an area that, until recently, was dominated

Cars pass by Cuban and U.S. flags beside the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, May 13, 2024. Photographer Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo By Reuters Cuba`s foreign ministry said on Friday it had issued a verbal warning to the top U.S. diplomat in Havana complaining of behaviour it called “interventionist,” the latest escalation as tensions grow between

By Xinhua News Agency Kamil Idris was sworn in as Sudan’s new prime minister on Saturday before Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the country’s ruling Transitional Sovereign Council, the council said in a statement. Following the swearing-in ceremony, Burhan and other council members met with Idris to discuss government priorities, including stabilizing the economy, protecting

By The African Exponent The African remittances market is projected to reach a total transaction value of $75.72 billion by the end of 2025. Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, is expected to receive the largest share of remittance, with diaspora remittances projected to hit $26 billion. The Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of remittance is projected

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump on Friday said he will speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping, after accusing China of violating a trade deal announced earlier this month, possibly plunging the global trade back into a state of uncertainty after a sigh of relief from the deal in Geneva. “They violated a big

People enjoy the sun on a beach of the Croisette during the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 15, 2025. Photographer Stephane Mahe/File Photo By Reuters France will ban smoking on beaches, in parks, outside schools and in other locations to protect children, France’s health and families minister said. The ban will come

China’s Tianwen-2 probe, atop a Long March-3B carrier rocket, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, May 29, 2025. China launched its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen-2, in the early hours of Thursday, an endeavour to shed light on the formation and evolution of asteroids and the early solar

People queue for food in the financial district of Canary Wharf as it was announced that British consumer price inflation hit an annual rate of 9.0% in April in London, Britain, May 18, 2022. Photographer Kevin Coombs/File Photo By Reuters British grocery price inflation jumped to 4.1% for the four weeks to May 18, its

By Anadolu Agency European affairs ministers decided Tuesday to maintain the European Union’s Article 7 procedure against Hungary’s “rule of law breaches.” “Today’s hearing highlighted that significant concerns persist, and regrettably, they have been aggravated…The Article 7 procedure should be maintained as long as the issues that triggered it remain unresolved,” European Commissioner for Democracy,

Photo/Somali Times African football legends Eto’o, Jay Jay Okacha and Adebayor arrived in Somalia for the first time today from FIFA and CAF and will conduct an evaluation at the stadiums in Mogadishu. Officials led by the Minister of Youth and Sports, the Chairman of the Somali Football Federation, sports fans and other dignitaries warmly