World
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US freezes majority of foreign aid programs
The U.S. State Department has imposed an immediate freeze on almost all foreign assistance programs worldwide, just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting such aid for 90…
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Hannah Tetteh appointed United Nations Special Representative for Libya
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hannah Serwaa Tetteh, has been named the United Nations Special Representative for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in…
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8 people killed, 7 injured in ordnance factory explosion in western India
At least eight people died and seven more were injured in a blast at an ordnance factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Friday, a senior federal minister said. The factory is located i…
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[UNICEF] 242m children’s schooling disrupted by climate shocks in 2024
Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year — roughly one in seven students, the UN children’s agency reported Thursday, deploring what it said was…
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Deadly teen knife crisis UK’s ‘new normal’
Recruited at the age of eight by a drugs gang, Rhys was part of Britain’s violent knife crime “crisis” until his best friend was fatally stabbed and died in his arms. “Another of my friends drowned i…
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Witchcraft, fortune-tellers face government crackdown in Tajikistan, Dushanbe
In a block of flats in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe, a turbaned woman cautiously opened the door of her apartment a chink, letting out a waft of incense. “I’m not taking on new clients. It could be …
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Russia says it ward off massive Ukrainian drone attack on 13 regions including Moscow
Russian air defences repelled a massive Ukrainian drone attack overnight, intercepting and destroying 121 drones targeting 13 regions, including Moscow, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday, maki…
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[Donald Trump] US officers arrests, deports hundreds of ‘illegal immigrants’
US authorities arrested 538 migrants and deported hundreds in a mass operation just days into President Donald Trump’s second administration, his press secretary said late Thursday. “The Trump Admini…
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Fidelity Bank dismisses allegations of MIIF US$25m seizure
Fidelity Bank has rejected claims that it seized US$25 million from the Minerals Income and Investment Fund (MIIF), a state institution managing national mineral royalties. In a statement released on…
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Trump orders release of final files on assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating the release of all remaining classified files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther …