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Pope Leo says he is deeply concerned about rising tensions between the United States and Cuba, and he called for “sincere and effective dialogue” to prevent violence and further suffering for the Cuban people. U.S. President Donald Trump said last…

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s national security adviser has resigned after new files related to Jeffrey Epstein showed the pair had exchanged emails talking about young women. National security adviser Miroslav Lajcak issued a statement denying any wrongdoing and condemning…

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte faced another round of impeachment complaints on Monday after surviving attempts to remove her last year, with rights groups and activists accusing her of betraying the public’s trust, corruption and other crimes. The daughter of…

Madagascar has been hit by tropical cyclone Fytia, leaving at least three people dead and more than 28,000 affected. According to the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC), Fytia made landfall on Saturday morning in the western part…

Morocco has deployed army rescue units to help evacuate thousands of people after floods triggered by torrential rains and rising river levels hit parts of the country’s northwest. Weeks of heavy rainfall, combined with water releases from a nearly full…

The United States government has announced plans to deport 15 Kenyan nationals who were convicted of various crimes in the country. This move is part of a broader crackdown on immigrants deemed “dangerous” by the Trump administration. The deportees are…

Hospitals in Britain are facing a “worst case scenario” from a wave of super flu, healthcare bosses warned on Thursday, as flu hospitalisations jumped 55% in a week. Health leaders have told people who feel ill to wear face masks…

Thousands of new Congolese refugees are arriving en masse in Burundi to escape fighting between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and their allies in South Kivu. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of the city…

The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas. In response, the Venezuelan government, in…

The United States has sanctioned four Colombian individuals and four companies for their role in recruiting mercenaries for Sudan. Recall in early September, authorities in Port Sudan wrote to the President of the United Nations Security Council to denounce this…

At least 22 people were killed and 16 others injured overnight when two adjacent buildings collapsed in Fez, one of Morocco’s oldest cities, the prosecutor said on Wednesday. One building was unoccupied, while the second was hosting an Aqiqah, a…

Uganda and the United States have signed a $2.3 billion bilateral health cooperation agreement. The two countries announced on Wednesday that under the MOU, Uganda will receive up to $1.7 billion of US funding for its health sector over the…