Latest NewsBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
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By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
Read MoreWhat to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countries
By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any
Read MoreFighting in Yemen continues as Britain plans to help defend Saudi Arabia
By Xinhua News Agency Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces continued on Tuesday, while the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis traded fresh strikes and Britain announced
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Bus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
Read MoreTop 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
Read MoreWhat to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countries
By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any
Read MoreFighting in Yemen continues as Britain plans to help defend Saudi Arabia
By Xinhua News Agency Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces continued on Tuesday, while the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis traded fresh strikes and Britain announced
Read More
Featured ArticlesBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
Bus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKWorld stocks rise on hopes for growth; focus on earnings
Photo (AP) World stock markets advanced Tuesday on upbeat economic data for China and Germany and as investors keep an eye on U.S. corporate earnings reports, which have been mixed so far.
Read MoreIgad battles internal wrangles as Horn of Africa craves for mediation
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki sit in a helicopter during their visit to Gondar,
Read MoreIran ‘now probably 1 or 2 weeks away’ from nuclear weapon breakout: Blinken
By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Friday that Iran’s ability to rapidly produce enough weapons-grade material for a nuclear weapon is “now probably one or two
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World stocks rise on hopes for growth; focus on earnings
Photo (AP) World stock markets advanced Tuesday on upbeat economic data for China and Germany and as investors keep an eye on U.S. corporate earnings reports, which have been mixed so far.
Read MoreIgad battles internal wrangles as Horn of Africa craves for mediation
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki sit in a helicopter during their visit to Gondar,
Read MoreIran ‘now probably 1 or 2 weeks away’ from nuclear weapon breakout: Blinken
By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Friday that Iran’s ability to rapidly produce enough weapons-grade material for a nuclear weapon is “now probably one or two
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Blog PostsBoeing likely to face new questions after another 737 crash
Photo (AP) Sunday’s devastating plane crash in Ethiopia could renew safety questions about the newest version of Boeing’s popular 737 airliner. The Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines plane crash What we know about the 157 total victims
Photo (AP) Ethiopian Airlines says there are no survivors after a Boeing 737 crashed near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on Sunday morning. The airline believes there were 149 passengers and eight crew
South Africa ‘in the process’ of downgrading Israel embassy, president says
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa makes his State of the Nation address in parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, February 7, 2019. (Rodger Bosch, Pool via AP) A year after ruling party
Turkey’s S-400 deal with Russia has nothing to do with US, Erdoğan says
Turkey’s purchase of S-400 missile defense system from Russia has “nothing to do” with NATO, F-35 fighter jets or security of the U.S., but it is rather about the
Prime Minister says Ethiopian Airlines jet crashes on way to Kenya
An Ethiopian Airlines aircraft that was Nairobi-bound crashed on Sunday, six minutes after take off. The Boeing 737 passenger jet is said to have had 149 passengers with eight crew on board.
As budget deficit balloons, few in Washington seem to care
The federal budget deficit is ballooning on President Donald Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And even if they did, the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting
How handshake has changed Uhuru, Raila and Ruto fortunes
Today marks one year since President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga agreed on a truce, a watershed moment that has redrawn the country’s political architecture. Subsequent
China says working with U.S. day and night to get trade deal
Photo Reuters China and the United States are still working day and night to achieve a trade deal that matches the interests of both sides and the hopes of the world, including eliminating
U.S. urges UN to restore tough missile restrictions on Iran
The United States accused Iran on Thursday of defying a UN Security Council resolution with one ballistic missile test and two satellite launches since December and urged the council to “bring
Imran Khan says no militant groups will be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil
Photo Reuters Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said no militant group would be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil and carry out attacks abroad, days after his government began a
Boeing likely to face new questions after another 737 crash
Photo (AP) Sunday’s devastating plane crash in Ethiopia could renew safety questions about the newest version of Boeing’s popular 737 airliner. The Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines plane crash What we know about the 157 total victims
Photo (AP) Ethiopian Airlines says there are no survivors after a Boeing 737 crashed near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on Sunday morning. The airline believes there were 149 passengers and eight crew
South Africa ‘in the process’ of downgrading Israel embassy, president says
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa makes his State of the Nation address in parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, February 7, 2019. (Rodger Bosch, Pool via AP) A year after ruling party
Turkey’s S-400 deal with Russia has nothing to do with US, Erdoğan says
Turkey’s purchase of S-400 missile defense system from Russia has “nothing to do” with NATO, F-35 fighter jets or security of the U.S., but it is rather about the
Prime Minister says Ethiopian Airlines jet crashes on way to Kenya
An Ethiopian Airlines aircraft that was Nairobi-bound crashed on Sunday, six minutes after take off. The Boeing 737 passenger jet is said to have had 149 passengers with eight crew on board.
As budget deficit balloons, few in Washington seem to care
The federal budget deficit is ballooning on President Donald Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And even if they did, the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting
How handshake has changed Uhuru, Raila and Ruto fortunes
Today marks one year since President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga agreed on a truce, a watershed moment that has redrawn the country’s political architecture. Subsequent
China says working with U.S. day and night to get trade deal
Photo Reuters China and the United States are still working day and night to achieve a trade deal that matches the interests of both sides and the hopes of the world, including eliminating
U.S. urges UN to restore tough missile restrictions on Iran
The United States accused Iran on Thursday of defying a UN Security Council resolution with one ballistic missile test and two satellite launches since December and urged the council to “bring
Imran Khan says no militant groups will be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil
Photo Reuters Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said no militant group would be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil and carry out attacks abroad, days after his government began a