Europe orbits 2 earth-observation satellites
Two satellites designed to enhance the monitoring of extreme weather events linked to climate change have been successfully sent into orbit by the European Space...
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Geneva talks test Rwanda-DRC peace deal
Officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are due to reconvene in Geneva on September 16 and 17 for talks on...
US democracy decline boosts global authoritarians
The fall of US democracy indicators to their lowest level in half a century is inspiring hardline leaders around the world, a leading global inter-governmental...
US judge postpones visa rules for students, journalists
A federal judge on Monday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing a new rule that would limit how long foreign students and journalists...
Palestine: Settlement sanctions cause diplomatic crisis
This past week, a flurry of Western countries announced forthcoming sanctions on Israel – limited, for now, to its illegal settlements in the occupied West...
China criticises AI as ‘malicious competition’
Xi Jinping at the World AI Conference, which held China in July this yearChina has hit out against what it has called “threat narratives” over...
Israeli military admits for first time to firing on car carrying 5-year-old Hind Rajab
The Israeli military acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it opened fire on the vehicle carrying 5-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza and said...
Canada’s Carney eyes ‘Unique alliance’ with EU
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada is seeking a “unique alliance” with the European Union (EU) but not membership of the bloc, as...
Philippines’ Muslim-majority Bangsamoro region votes
Voting is underway in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the southern Philippines in the first parliamentary elections since the region was...
Ex-CIA boss was at Ukrainian station when Russian drone struck train
Former US CIA director David Petraeus was at a Ukrainian train station at the very moment a Russian drone struck a passenger train on Sunday,...
1,400 Yemenis flee to Djibouti in a day
About 1,400 people have fled Yemen for Djibouti in a 24-hour period, Djibouti’s economy and finance minister says, as Houthi fighters tighten their grip on...
DR Congo’s Ebola epidemic tops 7,000 cases
More than 7,000 Ebola cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) worst outbreak of the deadly disease, according to figures...