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Last updated: 4 hours ago Residents of Amman tried to stay cool on Sunday as the Jordanian capital continued to suffer a heat wave. Many who found themselves outside in the scorching heat sought relief at water fountains and juice shops. City authorities, meanwhile, deployed trucks to spray a cooling mist in the capital’s city centre. More about Sourced from… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Flights resumed and shops reopened in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday after clashes between supporters of rival governments left at least 32 people dead and raised fears of another major conflict. The fighting came after months of rising tensions between supporters of Abdulhamid Dbeibah and Fathi Bashagha, whose rival administrations are vying for control… Read More

Last updated: 2 hours ago In Virunga National Park, several youngsters are kicking a ball around in the hope of becoming professional footballers, rather than ending up in one of the militias that have been bloodying the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for decades. Some 50 boys aged 10 to 16 were selected to join the newly opened football school… Read More

Last updated: 24 minutes ago Near New Delhi, two residential towers were razed in a controlled demolition on Sunday after India’s highest court declared them illegal for violating building rules. The 32- and 29-storey towers, which were not yet occupied, were the tallest structures to be razed in India. The demolition followed a 12-year legal battle between local residents and… Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron concluded a three-day visit to Algeria with a new pact between the two countries. The two heads of state signed a joint declaration that is said to mark a new stage in the relationship between Algeria and former colonial power, France. Recently, the two countries were involved in a diplomatic row over the memory of the… Read More

Clashes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, resulted in at least 23 dead. The clashes between rival factions vying for the control of the country erupted on Friday and continued during Saturday. Six hospitals were hit and ambulances were unable to reach areas affected by the clashes, according to the health authorities. “Civil society institutions in Tripoli appeal to everyone to… Read More

The World Health Organization chief has appealed for his embattled home region of Tigray in Ethiopia, saying he has relatives he cannot communicate with or send money to amid a blockade by government forces. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in some of his most personal comments about the region that erupted in violence again on Wednesday after months of calm, lamented his… Read More

Last updated: 26/08 – 16:24 Supporters of the “Just Stop Oil” environmental movement damaged petrol pumps in London with hammers to protest against the issuing of new oil and gas licences in the UK. They also spray-painted “no new oil” signs. 51 members of the organisation took part in actions at seven petrol stations on Friday morning, with some sticking… Read More

At least four people, including two children, were killed and nine wounded Friday in an Ethiopian air strike on Mekele, capital of the rebel region of Tigray, according to an official at the city’s main hospital. Ayder Hospital in Mekele “received 13 patients, four of whom had died on arrival. Two of the dead are children,” its medical director, Dr… Read More

Last updated: 9 hours ago In Libya, gunfire broke out in the Bin Gashir and Sarim districts of Tripoli between two armed groups operating in the west of the country. According to local media, the Gıniva Brigade close to the government of national unity and the armed group affiliated to Ayman al-Tajuri clashed at around 02:00 local time. Shooting was… Read More