International

AFP :Seven soldiers were killed Thursday in southwestern Niger in an attack by suspected jihadists, and five others died in a traffic accident while trying to respond to the assault, the country’s defence minister...

Reuters : Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a military pact requiring the United States to defend the kingdom in return for opening ties with Israel and will not hold up a deal even...

AFP  :The United States said Tuesday it would halt assistance to Gabon after the military took charge last month. “The US government is pausing certain foreign assistance programs benefiting the government of Gabon while...

Al Jazeera  :The International Monetary Fund did not reach a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka in its first review under a $2.9bn bailout package, due to a potential shortfall in government revenue generation, says...

Al Jazeera  :More than a third of the 120,000 ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh have fled the region as part of an exodus triggered by a military offensive which brought the enclave back under...

AP :The United States Department of State has announced a new Science and Technology adviser to the secretary of State. Dr Patricia Gruber will lead the Office of the Science and Technology Adviser and...

Reuters :Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan agreed on Tuesday that their countries’ leaders would meet at the “earliest convenient time”, Seoul’s foreign ministry said after a rare meeting aimed at kickstarting...

AP :The Biden administration announced Monday that it is offering a $2 billion loan to Poland, which has been a hub for weapons going into Ukraine, to support the ally’s defense modernization. The State...

Al Jazeera  :Dozens of migrants and refugees have arrived at the US-Mexico border, hoping to be allowed into the United States. In Eagle Pass, Texas, migrants and refugees from countries including Honduras and Venezuela...