French soldiers prepare for a mission on the French BAP air base in Niamey, Niger on May 14, 2023. Photo/AFP By AFP French troops will begin withdrawing from Niger “this week”, the French army said Thursday, after falling out with the military junta that took power since a July coup. The announcement comes a week

Smoke rises from a car after an alleged Turkish strike on Hasakah, Syria, October 5, 2023. North Press Agency/via Reuters By Reuters The United States on Thursday shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near its troops in Syria, the Pentagon said, the first time Washington has brought down an aircraft of NATO

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman walks with Paul Rwigamba, Director of Projects and Property Management and Flora Uwayezu, Project Sales of the Century Real Estate group during a tour in Kigali Rwanda, March 18, 2023. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo By Reuters The British government will try next week to persuade judges at the country’s top court to

From left: Principal Secretary State Department for Mining Elijah Mwangi, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs Salim Mvurya and State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries Principal Secretary Betsy Muthoni Njagi addressing journalists during a press conference on the lifting of the Moratorium on Mining Licenses at his office in Works

By Anadolu Agency German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday called for a peaceful solution to the conflict between Serbia and neighboring Kosovo. “For me, it is very important that the situation does not escalate further when it comes to Serbia and Kosovo. It’s about a peaceful solution and that’s what we’re very committed to. Germany,

Mohamed Muizzu, Maldives presidential candidate of the opposition party, People’s National Congress speaks with the media personnel during the second round of a presidential election in Male, Maldives September 30, 2023. Photographer Dhahau Naseem/File Photo By Reuters Foreign military forces cannot stay in the Maldives, president-elect Mohamed Muizzu told a rally celebrating his victory in

By Anadolu Agency Kevin McCarthy was removed from the speakership of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday in a historic vote prompted by a revolt from the top Republican’s right flank. The 216-210 vote saw eight Republican lawmakers and all present Democrats vote to remove him from the post. The House adjourned shortly after

By Anadolu Agency The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 374 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea. They included 41 migrants who were rescued from a rubber boat off Datca district in Turkey’s Mugla province and 165 off Canakkale province, the Coast Guard Command said Monday on its website. Also, 68 migrants in a rubber boat off

Leaders inspecting an iron ore mine in Taita Taveta, Kenya By The East African Kenya is following in the footsteps of Uganda in enacting legislation to reform its nascent mining industry to improve the state’s control and oversight of the critical industry. Uganda passed its Mining and Minerals Act in October last year and Kenyan

This photo provided by Daniel Wilsey shows Dorothy Hoffner, 104, falling through the air with tandem jumper Derek Baxter as she becomes the oldest person in the world to skydive, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Ill. (Daniel Wilsey via AP) By The Associated Press A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to