World & Africa

China removes its outspoken foreign minister during a bumpy time in relations with the US

By Associated Press BEIJING: China removed its sometimes outspoken foreign minister on Tuesday and replaced him with his predecessor at
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8 police officers assigned to protect South Africa’s deputy president arrested over highway attack

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: Eight police officers assigned to a security team protecting South Africa’s deputy president have been arrested
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Italy’s Meloni seeks broad cooperation to stanch flows of migrants to Europe with aid to

By Associated Press ROME: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday called for new, more equal relationships between Europe and migrants’
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Zimbabweans, diplomats honour Mandela’s contributions to peace, freedom

By SABC News On a day of remembrance and celebration, Zimbabweans gathered alongside diplomats from various nations, including staff from
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At least 9 people killed by a bomb in northeastern Congo as violence in the

By Associated Press GOMA: At least nine people were killed and a dozen wounded when a bomb went off in
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UN chief says the world is in a new era marked by the highest major

By Associated Press UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the world’s nations Thursday that the post-Cold War period is over
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London judge orders confiscation of $130 million from Nigerian ex-governor

By Reuters Britain will seek to confiscate 101.5 million pounds ($130 million) from former Nigerian state governor James Ibori. Ibori
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Kenya police are told not to report deaths during protests. A watchdog says they killed

By Associated Press NAIROBI: Police in Kenya say they have been ordered not to report deaths during a crackdown on protests
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After decades of struggle in Israel, dozens of African Hebrew Israelites face deportation

By Associated Press DIMONA: For two years, Toveet Israel and dozens of other residents of the Village of Peace have
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Death toll in Kenya starvation cult case passes 400

By AFP The exhumation of another 12 bodies brought the death toll in Kenya’s starvation cult case to 403.  Coast
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