WORLD

Burkina Faso's junta has expelled the UN's top official to the West African nation over a report about children caught up in the jihadist conflict. Carol Flore-Smereczniak was declared "persona non grata" because of her role in drafting…
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A Sudanese human rights organization has accused the country’s army and security forces of running “execution chambers” and torturing detainees to death. The group, known as Emergency Lawyers, said it has recorded hundreds of arrests in…
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The US State Department announced it was halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza. The pause was issued to conduct a "full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary…
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Thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work in slave-like conditions in Russia to fill a huge labour shortage exacerbated by Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the BBC has learned. Moscow has repeatedly turned to Pyongyang to…
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Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike on Gaza City. Among them was 28-year-old correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who had become one of the network’s most well-known reporters covering the war. According to…
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Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Israel to oppose the government's plan to expand its military operation in Gaza. On Friday, Israel's security cabinet approved five principles to end the war that included 'taking…
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Ninety-two-year-old President Paul Biya has been cleared by Cameroon’s Constitutional Council to run for an eighth term in the presidential election scheduled for October 12, 2025, while opposition leader Maurice Kamto has been barred from…
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Six people have been killed after a light aircraft belonging to a medical charity crashed in Kenya's capitol, Nairobi, according to a local official. Charity Amref Flying Doctors said the Cessna plane took off from Wilson airport on…
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The Zambian government has dismissed claims of dangerous pollution in the Copperbelt mining region, following safety concerns raised by the US embassy. On Wednesday, the US embassy issued a health alert, ordering the immediate withdrawal…
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The US may require foreign nationals from certain countries to pay a $15,000 (£11,300) deposit for a tourist or business visa. The 12-month pilot programme aims to curb visa overstays "or where screening and vetting information is…
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