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The presidential campaign in Ivory Coast has begun under a tense political climate marked by arrests and opposition protests. Over 200 people were detained in Abidjan on Saturday after police dispersed an unauthorized opposition march with tear gas, just as President Alassane Ouattara launched his re-election......
Russia is preparing to sign a bilateral agreement with Morocco to protect and promote investments, reflecting Moscow’s aim to strengthen its economic presence in Africa and diversify trade partnerships beyond traditional markets. This follows six similar agreements already concluded with other......
A nearly complete skeleton of a crocodile fossil was unveiled to the public on Friday at the Lodève Museum in Hérault, France. Stéphane Fouché, head of the museum’s paleontology collections, said, “This is the first time in France that a crocodile skeleton of this......
Islamabad on Sunday vowed a “firm and forceful” response after Afghanistan’s Taliban-run defence ministry said it had carried out a retaliatory operation overnight against Pakistani forces along the shared border. The Taliban ministry said the operation was launched “in response......
Three Qatari diplomats were killed and two others injured in a car accident near the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh, where a crucial summit on Gaza is scheduled for Monday, Qatar announced Sunday. Qatar has been a key mediator in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The Qatari embassy......
A U.S. appeals court on Saturday blocked the deployment of the National Guard to Chicago, though the troops are allowed to remain in the state of Illinois. The ruling largely upholds the suspension issued Thursday by a federal judge regarding the mobilization ordered by President Donald Trump as part......
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Sunday that the Israeli army will move to destroy all Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip once the hostages held by the Islamist group are released. In a statement issued on the third day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Katz said the operations......
Oscar-winning American actress Diane Keaton, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1978 for her performance in Annie Hall, has died in California at the age of 79, a family spokesperson told People magazine on Saturday. No further details about the circumstances of her death have been released......
China has accused the United States of applying “double standards” after President Donald Trump announced an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods, set to be added to existing duties. Trump justified this move as a response to what he described as China’s “extraordinarily aggressive......
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina declared on Sunday that an “attempted illegal and forceful seizure of power” was underway, following the defection of a group of soldiers who joined thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital, Antananarivo. In a statement released......
Former U.S. President Joe Biden is currently undergoing radiotherapy and hormone treatment to combat prostate cancer, according to a spokesperson quoted by AFP on Saturday. The 82-year-old Democrat, who decided not to seek re-election in 2024 due to health concerns, revealed in May that he had been......
A performance by the controversial French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala was once again interrupted by police on Friday evening in Hérin (Nord), following a prefectural order banning the show. The information was first reported by La Voix du Nord and confirmed by AFP. The......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday, October 11, 2025, following one of the largest Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since the start of the war. According to Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine’s presidential administration,......