World & Africa

Gabriel Attal is France’s youngest-ever prime minister at age 34 and the first who is

By Associated Press PARIS: France saw its youngest-ever prime minister and first openly gay one named Tuesday as President Emmanuel
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Idris Elba calls for tougher action on knife crime after a spate of teen killings

By Associated Press LONDON: Actor Idris Elba on Monday urged the British government to ban machetes and serrated “zombie” knives
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As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: Thamsanqa Mothobi was going about his life in Johannesburg when he was carjacked and taken to
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The son of veteran correspondent is the fifth member of his family killed by Israeli

By Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip: An apparent Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza on Sunday, including
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Pope Francis warns against ideological splits in the Church, says focus on the poor, not

By Associated Press VATICAN CITY: Amid resistance to some Vatican policy by more conservative factions of the Catholic church, Pope
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Italian Premier Meloni says curbing migrant arrivals from Africa is about investment, not charity

By Associated Press ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told her European Union partners Thursday that curbing migration flows from African
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With 2024 being a UK election year, the opposition wants an early vote; PM Rishi

By Associated Press LONDON: The politician favoured to become Britain’s next prime minister accused the governing Conservatives on Thursday of
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Vatican says no heresy in allowing blessings for same-sex couples after pushback by some bishops

By Associated Press ROME: After pushback by some bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere, the Vatican on Thursday defended the
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Somalia rejects Ethiopia-Somaliland deal as ‘aggression’

By AFP The government in Mogadishu has issued an appeal to the international community to stand by its side over
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Iran says at least 103 were killed in blasts at a ceremony honouring slain general

By Associated Press Two bombs exploded and killed at least 103 people Wednesday at a commemoration for a prominent Iranian
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