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South Africa’s foreign minister says citizens fighting with Israeli forces in Gaza will be arrested

File – South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor addresses reporters after session of the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. South Africa’s foreign minister says her country’s citizens who fight in the Israeli armed forces or alongside them in Gaza will be arrested when they return

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Somalia taps $100m from UN-backed Green Climate Fund

People arrive to attend the Pledging Conference of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for the First Replenishment in Paris, France on October 25, 2019. Credit Photo/Reuters By Xinhua News Agency The United Nations-backed Green Climate Fund (GCF), believed to be the world’s largest multilateral climate fund, has committed $100 million for a climate action investment

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Somalia PM Hamza rejected an oil drilling agreement with Liberty Petroleum

File Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister of Somalia, Hamza Abdi Barre, strongly opposed a recent agreement with an American company called Liberty Petroleum. The agreement rejected by Prime Minister Hamza was signed by the American company with the Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of Somalia, Abdirisaq Omar Mohamed. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country?

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US intelligence warns Netanyahu’s far-right government ‘may be in jeopardy’

By Anadolu Agency The US intelligence community has warned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government “may be in jeopardy” amid growing public discontent against his leadership. “Netanyahu’s viability as leader as well as his governing coalition of far-right and ultraorthodox parties that pursued hardline policies on Palestinian and security issues may be in jeopardy,”

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Biden says he has no plans to speak to Netanyahu

By Anadolu Agency US President Joe Biden said Monday that he has no plans to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “No,” Biden told reporters when asked if he has scheduled a meeting with Netanyahu. Asked whether he plans to schedule such a meeting, he said: “We’ll see what happens.” About his plans to

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UK weighs approval of Abu Dhabi-backed Telegraph newspaper buyout

Copies of The Daily Telegraph are displayed on a rack in a supermarket in London, Britain, January 20, 2024. Photographer Belinda Jiao/File Photo By Reuters Britain’s government is weighing whether to approve a UAE-led takeover of Britain’s Daily Telegraph amid howls of protest from politicians, journalists and even a former spy chief that the deal

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Ultra-Orthodox Israeli chief rabbi says Jews will leave country if forced to join army

By Anadolu Agency Israel’s Chief Sephardic Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has threatened that ultra-Orthodox Jews will leave the country if they are forced to serve in the army, local media reported. “If they force us to join the army, we would all fly out of the country, buy tickets, and go,” Channel 12 reported on Saturday

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Man arrested after car crashes into Buckingham Palace gates

Royal Palaces stock – London/PA Archive Evening Standard By George Lithgow A man has been arrested after a car crashed into the gates of Buckingham Palace. The driver was seen on his knees as police shouted “keep your hands on your head!” during the early morning incident. Neighbours heard a loud bang around 2.30am on

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Museveni prepares for 7th term as opposition leaders maul each other

By The East African Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the chairman of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), recently launched the update of the party’s voters’ register, sending a strong signal that he will be seeking a seventh term in 2026. The president renewed his party membership and signed the dummy register to

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US Senate passes 6 government funding bills hours before shutdown deadline

By Anadolu Agency The US Senate narrowly avoided a partial government shutdown by passing a comprehensive six-bill package aimed at funding federal programs through September. With Congress’s approval and President Joe Biden’s impending signature, preparations for a shutdown have been halted, ensuring federal agencies continue uninterrupted operations, according to the White House. The Senate approved

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