UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a series of steps on Monday intended to reduce the country’s soaring immigration rates. Describing the plan as “radical action,” Sunak said the...

Israel launched new airstrikes across Gaza early Friday after Palestinian militants fired rockets toward Israel, shattering a tenuous ceasefire that had held for the past week. Loud explosions rocked Gaza...

Former Vice President Joseph Boakai emerged victorious in Liberia’s hotly contested presidential election, unseating incumbent President George Weah, election officials have confirmed. Boakai, a...

Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced his resignation on Tuesday following revelations he was under investigation for alleged misconduct in the awarding of public energy contracts. “The...

The South African government announced on Monday that it would be recalling all of its diplomats from Israel as a symbolic protest against the ongoing crisis in Gaza. At a press briefing, Minister Khumbudzo...

An Israeli airstrike targeting a Hamas commander in the densely crowded Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza has caused mass destruction and civilian casualties, according to eyewitnesses and medics. The...

Hundreds of patients are stuck in hospitals across northern Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue nearby, according to the head of UNRWA. Tom White said it’s impossible to evacuate facilities like...

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, wife of deposed Gabonese president Ali Bongo, has been imprisoned after months under house arrest following a military coup in August. Bongo’s lawyer, Francois Zimeray, confirmed...

Imprisoned Iranian human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her “fight against the oppression of women in Iran.” The 51-year-old vice president...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced Monday he will seek another term in the upcoming December presidential election. El-Sisi confirmed his widely expected candidacy at a national conference,...

The military government of Burkina Faso announced Wednesday that security forces had foiled a coup plot amid rumors of brewing mutiny. According to an official statement, unnamed military officers and...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame publicly confirmed for the first time that he intends to pursue a fourth term in next year’s election, despite facing mounting criticism over his long authoritarian...

According to recent data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ghana has maintained its position as the most indebted African nation to the institution as of July 2022. Ghana’s outstanding...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an offer from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Pyongyang at a “convenient time” after the two held summit talks Thursday in Russia’s...

Storm Daniel has wrought extensive destruction in Libya’s northeast, resulting in a significant loss of life, with at least 2,000 confirmed fatalities and an alarming estimated figure of 10,000...

General Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as Gabon’s interim president on Monday, one week after leading a military coup against the country’s long-ruling Bongo dynasty. Oligui, head of the...

Soldiers in Gabon staged an apparent coup early Wednesday, announcing on state television they had seized power and dissolved government institutions following a disputed election. A group of officers...

Former President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities in Atlanta on Thursday over charges of interfering with Georgia’s 2020 election results. The arrest produced the first-ever mugshot of a former...

The BRICS bloc announced significant expansion plans at its summit in Johannesburg this week. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed Thursday that six new members will join the club of major...

The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is presumed dead after a plane crash north of Moscow on Wednesday that left no survivors, Russian authorities reported. Prigozhin led...