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Reforms on the horizon as Senegal’s youngest president Faye takes office
Faye was one of a group of political opponents freed from prison 10 days before the March 24 presidential ballot under an amnesty announced by Sall who had tried to delay the vote.
Sri Lanka says India never raised Katchatheevu issue after BJP rakes up dispute ahead of LS polls
“The Cabinet did not discuss it as it was never raised," Bandula Gunawardena, the Cabinet spokesman and minister of information, told reporters here today.
Sugar shortage darkens Tunisian Eid festivities
"We rely on sugar in everything we do," said Chokri Bouajila, a bakery worker in Tunis. "If we have sugar, we can work, otherwise we can't do anything."
India will get permanent UNSC seat, but it will have to work harder this time: EAM Jaishankar
The Union minister said India, Japan, Germany and Egypt have put forward a proposal together before the UN and he believes this will take the matter a bit forward.
Biden says aid staff ‘must be protected’ after deadly Israel strike: White House
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier that his country's military had "unintentionally" killed the aid workers, who included Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian nationals.
Experts think the opposition’s local election triumph proves voters disapprove of Erdogan
The surprise results came just 10 months after the opposition was left divided and demoralized following a defeat in last year’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
Russia claims arresting four more Moscow attack plotters
More than 140 people were killed when gunmen stormed the Crocus City Hall venue on March 22 before setting the building on fire in the most fatal attack in Russia for two decades.
Syria says Israeli airstrike destroyed Iran’s consular building in Damascus, several dead
Iranian Ambassador Hossein Akbari condemned Israel and said as many as seven people were killed, but first responders were still searching for any other bodies under the rubble.
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 32,845
Monday's toll update was released hours after the Israeli military withdrew from Gaza's biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, after a two-week operation that saw heavy fighting.
Kansas lawmakers race to solve big fiscal issues before their spring break
Lawmakers are supposed to finish a proposed $25 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time, with a focus on seniors
Taiwan is already home to several established fact-checking organisations. But such organisations presume that you're at least somewhat tech-savvy—that you can find a fact-check organisation's website or add a fact-checking bot.
Investigators identify remains of toddler who disappeared in French Alps in 2023
The discovery is the first major breakthrough in the case of two-and-a-half-year-old Emile, who vanished on July 8 last year while staying with his grandparents.
South Korea’s Yoon vows not to back down in the face of doctors’ strike over medical…
About 12,000 medical interns and residents in South Korea have been on strike for six weeks, causing hundreds of cancelled surgeries and other treatments at university hospitals.
Egypt’s Sisi begins third term, after economic bailout
Sisi won December's presidential election with 89.6 percent of the vote, standing against three unknowns. Experts say the road out of economic crisis will still be long and arduous.
In a cycle of extreme weather, drought in southern Africa leaves some 20 million facing hunger
The drought in Zimbabwe, neighboring Zambia and Malawi has reached crisis levels.
A car bomb in a Syrian opposition-held town kills at least three people, including two children
The bomb exploded in the town of Aziz in Aleppo province.
The race is on for key cities as Turkey holds local elections in test of Erdogan’s popularity
The main battlegrounds are the country's economic hub of Istanbul and the capital of Ankara, both of which Erdogan lost in 2019, shattering his aura of invincibility.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, from prison to president of Senegal
His anti-establishment message, the backing of opposition figurehead Ousmane Sonko and his modest personality helped him to a crushing first-round victory over the governing coalition's candidate.
King Charles attends Easter service, providing a glimpse of the monarch after cancer diagnosis
The 75-year-old monarch's appearance is seen as an effort to reassure the public after Charles stepped back from public duties in early February following an announcement by Buckingham Palace that he was undergoing treatment for an…
Israeli attack kills 400 people in al-Shifa hospital siege
The WHO says about 9,000 patients in Gaza urgently need to be evacuated abroad for life-saving treatment.