Another 200 Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti under a United Nations-backed mission to try to quell rampant gang violence in the troubled Caribbean nation. The new batch that arrived on Tuesday brings the total to 400 Kenyan boots on the ground in the violence-ravaged capital of Port-au-Prince, Haitian…
Police in Kenya have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters aiming to keep pressure on President William Ruto after he made a series of concessions to demonstrators. Activists behind weeks of protests that were initially sparked by proposed tax hikes called for a “total shutdown” of the country…
Israeli forces have killed at least 17 people after it struck a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency. More than 80 people were injured in Sunday’s attack on the UN-run Abu Oraiban school. It is the fifth attack on a school-turned-shelter…
An Israeli strike has killed at least 90 Palestinians in the al-Mawasi camp in southern Gaza, the enclave’s Ministry of Health said, an attack that has drawn global condemnation. Displaced people sheltering in the area, which was designated as a “safe zone” by Israel, described the attack as a “horrific…
The orange flames shone a light on the twilight scene as Savitri Devi, 50, was cremated. She was among more than 120 people, mostly women, who died in a stampede last week at a religious festival in northern India, as the faithful surged towards a preacher and chaos ensued among…
Protests have flared up in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia with several buildings set on fire, including a police station and a town hall, after pro-independence activists were arrested and taken to France. The latest round of violence on Monday came as France prepares to vote in legislative…
For Virginie Magumba, a 22-year-old professional dancer from Goma, in eastern Congo, dancing is more than just a career. “Dancing helps me liberate myself, manage my emotions, and not feel all alone,” she said. “All that I have become I owe to dancing.” Magumba won the prize for Best Congolese…
Deadly heat that recently blanketed the United States, Mexico and Central America was made 35 times more likely due to global warming, an international network of climate scientists has said. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group also said the extreme highs experienced across the region in May and June were…
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Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the feast of sacrifice, which commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God, before God offered a sheep in his place. As part of the festival, which follows the annual Hajj pilgrimage, worshippers…
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