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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa met European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday in Brussels as part of a visit to the heart of EU institutions. Earlier Sunday, Mustafa met with Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide who officially gave him recognition of the State of Palestine papers. Mr Mustafa was in Brussels to meet with international partners including EU… Read More

Ons Jabeur downed Sachia Vickery in the opening round of the French Open on Monday for only her seventh win of the year. American wildcard Vickery saved four set points on her serve in the eighth game, but Jabeur closed it out in the next game and raced into a 4-0 lead at the start of the second set. “Well,… Read More

Numerous residents sat eagerly at their retirement home to cast their special ballots, avoiding long queues expected on wedneday. The special voting process is for registered voters who are unable to travel to a voting station because of physical challenges such as disability, pregnancy or advanced age. Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) staff also visited the elderly at their homes to… Read More

Floodwaters flowed through the Somali town of Beledweyne on Sunday after heavy rains pounding East Africa caused the Shebelle River to burst its banks. The inhabitants of Beledweyne, situated in the heart of Somalia, have used the river as a lifeline for generations. But with the onset of severe seasonal rains, the overflowing Shebelle brought a deluge which engulfed the… Read More

Indonesian student Kamel Tahdhib traveled thousands of miles to study at a Moroccan university with such a rich history, that its renown continues to draw learners more than 1,000 years after it was founded. The university hosts one of the world’s oldest libraries, home to unique Islamic manuscripts treasured by historians. It was founded 12 centuries ago by a pioneering… Read More

With dismay etched across her face, Martha Waema, alongside her husband, survey their three-acre farm that has been left submerged following weeks of relentless rainfall across Kenya. Water levels would rise to shoulder height after only a night of heavy downpour on different days in April rendering the farm inaccessible. Waema was expecting a return of 200,000 shillings ($1,500) after… Read More

The residents in Kitui county, Kenya live in constant fear of venomous snakebites as dangerous snakes move closer to their settlement. As the forests around them dwindle due to logging and agricultural expansion, and the climate patterns become increasingly unpredictable, the reptiles are encroaching on human territory with alarming frequency. “When there is a lot of rain, snakes are carried… Read More

Iran interred its late President Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest Shiite shrine in the nation on Thursday, days after a fatal helicopter crash killed him, the country’s foreign minister, and six others. Raisi was placed inside a tomb at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, where Shiite Islam’s eighth imam is buried. The death of the president and the foreign… Read More

Uganda launched a mass vaccination campaign in April against the mosquito-borne disease, yellow fever. They hoped to reach millions of people but vaccine hesitancy has left hundreds of unused doses in hospitals across the country. There is no specific treatment for the potentially deadly yellow fever virus. There is, however, a vaccine which can give lifetime protection against the disease according to… Read More

Burkina Faso’s military leader will stay in power for five more years after a new charter was signed following national consultations on Saturday, May 25. The talks in the capital, Ouagadougou, included civil society, security forces, and transitional lawmakers, but most political parties did not participate. “The duration of the transition is fixed at 60 months from July 2, 2024,”… Read More