Sat 16 May 2026: Gunmen abducted dozens of schoolchildren in Nigeria’s insurgency-hit Borno State on Friday, according to residents who spoke to Reuters and AFP. The assailants stormed Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Askira-Uba district around 9 a.m. local time while classes were underway, taking several students, local resident Ubaidallah Hasaan told Reuters. […]
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Sat 16 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Ramaphosa says Chinese will build electric car charging networks in SA: Ramaphosa acknowledged that EVs were the future and that many companies worldwide were now switching to electric vehicles. The president said the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition was finalising a […]
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Fri 15 May 2026: A deadly assault on a security compound in northwest Pakistan has claimed the lives of several paramilitary officers, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claim the responsibility of deadly attack. Attackers drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the gate of a camp in Bajaur district on Thursday before opening fire in a […]
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Fri 15 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ New US bill proposes sanctions against former SA President’s daughter: The proposed piece of United States legislation is titled ‘The Countering Russia’s Forced Recruitment and Kidnapping in Africa Act’. The proposed piece of United States legislation is designed to penalise entities involved […]
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Fri 15 May 2026: The UN’s agency for children, UNICEF, has warned that hundreds of thousands of Lebanese children are at risk of developing chronic mental health issues due to persistent conflict in the country and mass displacement. In a statement, UNICEF estimates that more than 770,000 children are enduring “heightened distress from repeated exposure […]
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Fri 15 May 2026: The report by a UK-based NGO documents rape, gang rape and threats of sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls in Rakhine State. Sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls is becoming rampant along with illegal detention and coercion under the armed rebel group Arakan Army in the northern parts of […]
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Zimbabweans trafficked to Russia are being forced to fight in its war in Ukraine [Ezra Sibanda/Al Jazeera] Sat 16 May 2026: Families call on governments in Moscow and Harare to secure the return of loved ones from Ukrainian front lines. Harare, Zimbabwe – Elvis Sitshela remains deeply unsettled by the sudden departure of his brother, Dumisani, […]
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Fri 15 May 2026: US President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him that Beijing would not provide military equipment to Iran and expressed support for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. “When you say ‘support,’ they’re not fighting a war with us or anything,” Trump said when asked if he discussed China’s support for Iran when he met Xi earlier […]
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Thu 14 May 2026: New Delhi hosts foreign ministers of 11-member bloc, including Iran, which is currently observing a ceasefire with the US after war began on Feb. 28 There is a “growing expectation” that BRICS will play a “constructive and stabilizing role,” India said Thursday as New Delhi hosted top diplomats of the emerging […]
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Thu 14 May 2026: The summit in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping was “extremely positive,” US President Donald Trump said Thursday, extending an invitation for Xi this September. “Thank you again, President Xi, for this beautiful welcome. And tonight, it is my honor to extend an invitation to you and Madam Peng to visit […]
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