The US president has repeatedly made false claims of a genocide being carried out against minority white Afrikaners.

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The Philippines’ former president Rodrigo Duterte will face trail at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Judges on Thursday confirmed charges of crimes against humanity against Duterte for dozens of alleged extrajudicial killings.

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Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has promised constitutional reform in response to last year’s post-election violence that left hundreds of people dead.

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Israeli leaders need an AIPAC-style group to explain to them how Washington thinks and operates.

ZIONIST AFFAIRS: Eyal Ostrinsky took office on January 1. Three weeks later, his child was born at 28 weeks. A month after that, Iranian missiles hit.

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has promised constitutional reform in response to last year’s post-election violence that left hundreds of people dead.

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Buildings across Morocco’s capital have turned into massive canvases for the 11th "JIDAR Rabat Street Art Festival," bringing together artists from around the globe.

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS: By extending the truce while tightening the blockade, the US shifts from military force to economic attrition in a bid to shape Iran’s choices.

Unfortunately, what the IDF soldiers in Lebanon did when they smashed the statue of Jesus represents a syndrome much larger than the two young idiots they evidently are.

The days between Pesach and Shavuot invite reflection, as Rabbi Akiva teaches that loving others is central to receiving the Torah.

See Shabbat candle lighting times for your area.

Top Iranian officials took to social media on Thursday to push back against US claims that its leadership is divided. ‘There are no hardliners or moderates,’ the country’s president and parliamentary speaker both posted.

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Pope Leo XIV on Thursday held an open-air mass in Equatorial Guinea in front of tens of thousands of followers, wrapping up his first major international tour that began with harsh criticism of his stance on Iran from US President Donald Trump.

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In a working-class neighbourhood of Abidjan, a small group of young volunteers armed with shovels and rakes is scrubbing rubbish-clogged drains. Their message: “Our streets are not rubbish bins.”

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The Africa Finance Corporation says this highlights the continent's vulnerability to global shipping chokepoints.

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Arecent viral video showing a young woman being hit by a doctor shortly after giving birth in a Kinshasa hospital has shocked the nation.

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Ramesses II (“Ramesses the Great”) is believed by many to have been the pharoah in the biblical story of the Exodus.

Norway will introduce its bill in parliament by the end of 2026, though has yet to note which applications would be targeted.

Tusk spoke on the occasion of an informal EU summit in Cyprus where EU leaders will also discuss the war in the Middle East, energy measures in response and the Union's next long-term budget.