18+ hour, 28+ min ago   (250+ words) Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani named Brig. Gen. Mamane Sani Kiaou chief of staff of the armed forces in a decree read on state television late Friday. No reason was given for the change. Kiaou replaces Maj. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, a…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (522+ words) Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho were convicted of inciting subversion earlier this year under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Lee and Chow, who pleaded not guilty, received prison terms of 7 years, and 7 years and 3 months. Ho was given…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (338+ words) Moldovan police said a Russian drone crashed on Tuesday in a sunflower field on the outskirts of a village in the district of Riscani, which caused four fires to break out but no injuries. Government spokesperson Dumitru Ciorici said on…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (651+ words) Standing next to new Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori, Rubio told reporters that while the U.S. has “the capacity to act unilaterally," it would rather work with its allies because that is “the most effective way to do it." His comments came…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (685+ words) “The era of gentle diplomatic pleasantries and calculated silence, which has been misinterpreted as tacit consent, has come to an end,” protest leader Sondhi Limthongkul, a media mogul and political activist, told the crowd while reading from an open letter…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (225+ words) Ljubisa Karovic injured his neck and shoulder and had friction burns after the window shattered shortly after takeoff on a flight from northern Greece to Germany on July 10. Karovic's wife and witnesses said the pressure drop caused his head and…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (335+ words) The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. Bank President Christine Lagarde said…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (342+ words) In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the outbreak’s epicenter, but risen sharply in neighboring North Kivu and Haut-Uele, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said at a weekly briefing. According to the…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (104+ words) Official media_ Algeria severs diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates News-Times The statement read on state television gave no single or specific reason for the decision but cited alleged “provocative and hostile actions” by the Gulf state and “regrettable and…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (284+ words) The South Kivu provincial government said in a press release that 19 girls and seven boys were killed, adding that the death toll could rise. The spokesperson for rebel M23 group that controls the city, Lawrence Kanyuka, said earlier that 24 students were…...