Sun 10 August 2025: Niger’s government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s sole industrial gold mine, accusing its Australian operator of “serious breaches” as the West African country seeks greater control of natural resources. Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have severed relations with many foreign mining companies in recent years, with Niger nationalising the local […]
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On March 10, 2025, Mazloum Abdi of SDF and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, announced the signing of an agreement for the integration of SDF into state institutions, reaffirming the country’s territorial unity and rejecting any attempts at division. (File Photo) Sat 09 August 2025: The Syrian government on Saturday strongly condemned a recent conference organized by the […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov confirmed Saturday that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump is scheduled for Aug. 15 in the American state of Alaska. Ushakov emphasized the logistical advantages of having the meeting in Alaska, noting its proximity to Russia across the Bering Strait. […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Kyiv will not compromise on territorial issues while negotiating peace with Moscow. “The answer to the Ukrainian territorial question already is in the Constitution of Ukraine. No one will deviate from this – and no one will be able to. Ukrainians will not […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: The ban, originally proposed by far-right Vox party, affects Muslims celebrating religious holidays in sports centres in Jumilla. A ban imposed by a southeastern Spanish town on religious gatherings in public sports centres, which will mainly affect members of the local Muslim community, has sparked criticism from the left-wing government and […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said fully occupying the Gaza Strip would require mobilizing about 200,000 reservists, according to public broadcaster KAN. His remarks came during a 10-hour Cabinet meeting on Thursday, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a “gradual plan” to seize full control of Gaza. The plan was […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: The World Health Organization on Thursday said nearly 100,000 cholera cases had been reported in Sudan since July last year, as it warned of more hunger, displacement and disease to come. Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ National dialogue in peril: In a joint statement released on Friday, 8 August, the foundations—including those of Steve Biko, Thabo Mbeki, Chief Albert Luthuli, Desmond and Leah Tutu, FW de Klerk, and Oliver and Adelaide Tambo—announced their immediate withdrawal from the event’s Preparatory […]
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Fri 08 August 2025: Global food prices are on the rise with extreme weather conditions caused by climate change, as prices of coffee, cocoa, and rice increased in various countries as a result of floods, storms, and high temperatures. The impact of climate change on food prices, based on various reports from different countries, was evaluated in […]
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Fri 08 August 2025: US President Donald Trump on Thursday urged all Middle Eastern countries to join the Abraham Accords, claiming Iran’s nuclear arsenal had been “totally obliterated.” “Now that the nuclear arsenal being ‘created’ by Iran has been totally OBLITERATED, it is very important to me that all Middle Eastern Countries join the Abraham Accords,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. […]
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