2023

Nigeria spends twice as much on debt repayments than on health and education combined, a report says.

The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would require thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks, in an effort to combat rising gun violence… Read More »Biden administration proposes more extensive background checks on gun sales

At least 48 people have been killed in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in eastern DR Congo, according to sources and official documentation reviewed… Read More »Dozens killed in crackdown on anti-UN protest in east DR Congo

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday renewed the mandate for its peacekeeping force in Lebanon for another year after tense debate around the troops’… Read More »UN Security Council renews Lebanon peacekeeping mission after dispute

Paris Saint-Germain and its star forward Kylian Mbappe landed in the toughest group in the Champions League draw Thursday with former champions AC Milan and… Read More »PSG land in ‘group of death’ with AC Milan, Dortmund in Champions League draw

A leader of the Proud Boys militia who called for a “war” to keep Donald Trump as president was sentenced to 17 years in prison… Read More »US court sentences Proud Boys member to 17 years in jail over Capitol siege

Former NBA star Luol Deng credited as the ‘heart and soul’ of South Sudan’s Cinderella story at the Basketball World Cup.

Who is General Brice Nguema, the man who overthrew the president he was supposed to protect?

A few days after the plane crash that killed Russian oligarch and head of the Wagner private military company Yevgeny Prigozhin, two videos emerged online… Read More »What do we know about the videos allegedly showing ‘destroyed’ Wagner cemeteries?

Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he led a criminal conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss in the… Read More »Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia 2020 election case