Rows of headstones at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery are blanketed by drifting snow Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Mandan, N.D. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP) By The Associated Press Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said

By Reuters A gunman killed three people at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, prompting violent protests in nearby streets as night fell. President Emmanuel Macron said France’s Kurdish community had been the target of a heinous attack. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the suspected assailant had

President Museveni addressing editors from different media houses in the country at state lodge Nakasero, Kampala on December 23, 2022. By Daily Monitor President Museveni said on Friday that Facebook will be fully reopened in Uganda if “they stop playing games.” Facebook remains blocked from Uganda two years after its operations were suspended ahead of

Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union take part in a border force workers strike action near Heathrow Airport, in London, Britain December 23, 2022. Photographer Peter Nicholls By Reuters Passengers at British airports were warned of delays after passport control staff walked out on Friday on the first day of a strike

IMF deputy managing director Antoinette Sayeh By Business Daily Africa Kenya plans to track the financial dealings of high-ranking politicians, including the President, and their allies from next year in fresh commitments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at preventing the country from being locked out of the global financial system for money laundering.

By Anadolu Agency Sweden has not taken any concrete steps to address Turkey ’s security concerns, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday. “There is no concrete development regarding the extradition of terrorist-related criminals and the freezing of terrorist assets,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a news conference with his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billstrom in the

By Anadolu Agency France’s president said European countries should be more decisive in the NATO alliance and reduce their “reliance on the US,” according to reports on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters aboard the French presidential plane on his return from an international summit in Amman, Jordan, Emmanuel Macron said “he doesn’t see his push to

American couple Nicholas Spencer and his wife, Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer, both 32, stand in the dock at Buganda road court, where they were charged with torturing a ten year old John Kayima and state prosecutor objected to their application saying that the two have been illegally in Uganda after their work permits expired, in

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks after giving President Joe Biden a gift as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) By The Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked President Joe Biden, U.S. lawmakers and “ordinary people” of America for their support as

By International Monetary Fund United States of America, December 20, 2022/APO Group/ — On December 16, 2022, Austria disbursed a €14.9 million grant (about US$15.8 million) for the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. This contribution will allow the IMF to provide debt relief to Somalia and Sudan once all the