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Sebastien Haller scores the winner as 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast beat DR Congo to set up a final against Nigeria.

Substitute Kelechi Iheanacho scored to give Nigeria a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over South Africa on Wednesday after an Africa Cup of Nations semi-final thriller… Read More »Nigeria beat South Africa to reach AFCON final in penalty shootout thriller

A drone strike on Wednesday hit a vehicle in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing two commanders of a pro-Iran group, a security source and a… Read More »Drone strike kills two leaders of pro-Iran group Kataeb Hezbollah in Baghdad

Stanley Nwabali saves two penalties to help Nigeria reach the Afcon 2023 final following a dramatic 1-1 draw with South Africa.

Forcing a showdown with Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will try Wednesday to salvage the wartime funding from a collapsed deal that had included… Read More »US Senate eyes new plan to salvage Ukraine, Israel aid after collapse of border deal

The west African nation has never had a coup but many are worried that recent unrest could escalate.

Watch live and follow text updates from both Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals, starting with Nigeria v South Africa.

French prosecutors said Wednesday they had opened an inquiry after actor Judith Godreche filed a complaint against film director Benoit Jacquot, accusing him of raping… Read More »‘Mistress at 14’: French actor Godreche files rape complaint against famed director Jacquot

Salah Abdeslam, sentenced to life in jail over the 2015 Paris jihadist attacks, was removed from his Belgian prison cell on Wednesday and transferred back… Read More »Paris 2015 attacker Salah Abdeslam transferred from Belgium to France

The vote to delay Senegal’s presidential election until December “cannot be considered legitimate”, the US state department said, after the move plunged the normally stable… Read More »Senegal vote delay not ‘legitimate’, says US