The budget for nine of those operations during the fiscal year that ends on June 30 totals $5.6 billion, 8.2% lower than a year earlier. Each of the U.N.’s 193 member countries is legally obliged to pay its share toward peacekeeping.

22 films will vie for Cannes’ top prize, the Palme d’Or. Those films include Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,” Oliver Hermanus’ .

Putin hasn’t yet said whether he will be at the talks, which U.S. President Donald Trump has urged the two sides to attend as part of Washington’s efforts to stop the fighting

Each year, pilgrims travel from all over the world to celebrate the apparition of the Virgin Mary to three children in 1917.

UN warns U.S. deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador ‘raising huge human rights concerns’

The two leaders signed more than a dozen agreements to increase cooperation between their governments’ militaries, justice departments and cultural institutions

Kenya and the Dominican Republic signed an agreement on Monday that would bolster support for the Kenyan police deployed in Haiti.

Guinea’s Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah announced the date for the elections during his speech at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan.

Rwanda’s move to accept immigrants from the United States has drawn criticism from Amnesty International.

Several thousand amateur fishermen descend on a lagoon in upper Guinea once every year for ‘Noradala’, which marks the beginning of the rainy season

José Riveiro had been managing the Orlando Pirates since 2022. He leaves his position with the South African club early, ahead of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa told US President Donald Trump he had received false information on Afrikaners’ situation.

In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children are paying a hidden price for the country’s gold rush

As the elections for the presidency of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approach, scheduled for May 29 in Abidjan, one of the notable candidates is Sidi Ould Tah, former Mauritanian minister and former Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA).

Cristiano Ronaldo Jr., son of Cristiano Ronaldo, has been named in Portugal’s under-15 squad

The World Trade Organization Director General is in Japan for a three-day visit, where she met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo

The Trump administration has admitted 49 white South Africans as refugees, citing racial persecution claims, despite strong denials from the South African government, sparking debate over the move’s legitimacy and the U.S. refugee policy

The diplomatic rift has significant implications beyond politics. France and Algeria share deep economic ties, with trade between the two nations reaching nearly €12 billion in 2023.

El Haddaoui’s story is one of transformation—from a sidelined footballer to a world-class athlete—and now, a national symbol of perseverance and pride for Morocco.

On Monday, Kenya and Finland signed two agreements on political consultations, peace mediation, and conflict resolution

The findings now raise the possibility that the human capacity for rhythm—and by extension, music and language—may be deeply rooted in our evolutionary past.

Thiam blamed ‘judicial harrassment’ for his decision to leave the presidency of the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI). The party was due to meet on Monday to name an interim leader

Hakimi won the Marc-Vivien Foé award on Sunday, ahead of Nice forward Evann Guessand, from Ivory Coast, and Senegalese midfielder Habib Diarra, who plays for Strasbourg.

Pope Leo XIV has made a powerful appeal on Monday for the release of imprisoned journalists, highlighting the ‘precious gift of free speech and the press.’

Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press” in an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists who descended on Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. agreed to drop its 145% tariff rate on Chinese goods by 115 percentage points to 30%, while China agreed to lower its rate on U.S. goods by the same amount to 10%

A group of 49 white South Africans departed their homeland Sunday for the United States on a private charter plane, having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration under a new program announced in February.

Angola is facing its worst cholera outbreak in 20 years.

The victims were all ethnic Fulani, a pastoralist community that is widespread across the region, which the government has long accused of supporting Muslim militants.

“Today, we’re all making strides forward at the same time. This presents an opportunity not just for us, but for everyone.

Barcelona fans flooded Las Ramblas in celebration after their team beat Real Madrid 4-3 in a dramatic El Clásico comeback

Intensified fighting in Upper Nile State means no food aid has reached the area in almost a month.

In Shati refugee camp, residents say it’s been nearly two days since any water arrived

The global trade system is undergoing a major shift, as nations move away from multilateral cooperation towards more isolationist policies

Farmers in Nigeria are facing a deepening water crisis as climate change dries up rivers and forces them to rely on costly and unreliable wells, threatening food production and livelihoods across the region

Amid mounting international pressure and renewed calls for peace, Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed restarting direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul—without preconditions

Pope Leo XIV has expressed his desire for peace in both Ukraine and Gaza, marking his first Sunday noon blessing as the leader of the Catholic Church

A new discovery about Pope Leo XIV is striking a chord in New Orleans

Pope Leo XIV made his first outing since his election, on Saturday afternoon, traveling to a sanctuary south of Rome that is dedicated to the Madonna

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with several international leaders in Moscow