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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s defense ministry said on Thursday that one of its soldiers has been killed and three injured in an overnight Israeli… Read More »Syrian allies vow response to Israeli strike, also blame US

LONDON (AP) — As coronavirus vaccines trickle into some of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, data suggest some women are… Read More »‘Marginalized’: Women trail men in some vaccine efforts

Masten Wanjala confessed to drugging and killing more than 10 children A man who confessed to killing more than 10 children in Kenya has escaped… Read More »Masten Wanjala: Kenyan child killer escapes from police custody

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is tempering expectations for a U.N. climate summit sometimes billed as make-or-break for the Earth’s future, conceding… Read More »The AP Interview: Kerry says climate talks may miss target

Ethiopias Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during the launch of his green legacy initiative, the nationwide environmental campaign to plant billions of trees, at a… Read More »Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed: The Nobel Prize winner who went to war

The disputed part of the Indian Ocean is thought to be rich in oil and gas The UN’s top court has ruled largely in favour… Read More »ICJ rejects Kenya case in Somalia maritime border row

WEB Du Bois pictured in 1918 In our series of letters from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene looks at plans to build a state-of-the-art complex in… Read More »Ghana’s role in honouring US civil rights hero WEB Du Bois

North Korea’s most vulnerable are “at risk of starvation” with the economy worsening due to a self-imposed coronavirus blockade, and UN sanctions imposed over the… Read More »UN rights report warns of N. Korea ‘starvation risk’

(Adds details) By David Stanway KUNMING, China Oct 12 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the launch of a 1.5 billion yuan ($232.47 million)… Read More »China’s Xi launches $232 mln biodiversity protection fund for developing countries

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A group of climate lawyers called Tuesday for the International Criminal Court to launch an investigation into Brazil’s president for… Read More »Climate activists call for investigation of Bolsonaro