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In a grim echo of a national tragedy, Kenyan authorities have exhumed five corpses from shallow graves just two kilometers from the site where over 400 followers of a doomsday cult perished two years ago.

The IPC determination comes after months of warnings by aid groups that Israel’s restrictions of food and other aid into Gaza, and its military offensive, were causing high levels of starvation among Palestinian civilians, particularly children

Berlin Zoo’s panda twins Leni and Lotti celebrated their first birthday on Friday with bamboo, colourful ice cream treats and a large red wooden number one.

The IOM says nearly 24,500 people have died or gone missing along the route over the past decade, making it one of the deadliest migration corridors in the world.

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un led a ceremony in Pyongyang on Friday to honour troops who fought in Ukraine and to commemorate those killed, according to state media.

Passionate performers from around the world are gathering in Finland this week, competing not with instruments in hand but with invisible guitars.

Israel gave final approval Wednesday for an illeegal settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two

Its the US singer-songwriter’s 8th album and her second via her independent label, Beauty Marks Entertainment.

With the election just three months away, a bitter standoff over Samuel Eto’o’s eligibility, pitting the football federation against the government, threatens to paralyze Cameroonian football’s governing body.

“An air force fighter aircraft launched three targeted and successive strikes on the positions Bakoura used to occupy in Shilawa,” an army source told AFP.

The Trump administration said Thursday it is reviewing more than 55 million people who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation, part of a growing crackdown on foreigners who are permitted to be in the United States.

In the dismissal order, the investigating judges said there was no evidence pinning Habyarimana as a genocide perpetrator, but only as a victim of a terror attack in which her husband – then President Juvenal Habyarimana – was killed

At the same time, he said he was still set on approving plans for defeating Hamas and capturing Gaza City.

The charges against Joseph Kabila include murder, rape, and torture linked to his alleged support for Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.

Malorie Thorson braved a chilled booth as sculptor Gerry Kulzer carved her likeness from a 41-kilogram block of butter, a 60-year tradition at the Minnesota State Fair.

His plea came as Palestinians started fleeing parts of Gaza City after the Israeli military began the first stages of its planned offensive there.

A former special advisor to the DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has been acquitted by a military court.

A Ukrainian man suspected of being one of the coordinators of undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022 was arrested in Italy on Thursday, authorities said.

After two years of civil war, Khartoum has started the daunting process of rebuilding the city devastated by two years of fighting.

The delayed 2024 African Nations Championship is heading into the last eight with quarter-finals due to start on Friday. All three tournament co-hosts have advanced, each coming first in their respective groups.

A report has found that products in West Africa claiming to be 100 natural herbal remedies to improve virility, are resulting in serious consequences.

This is the first time all three surviving former presidents have publicly united in criticism, signaling deep institutional concern over land governance and its implications for Somalia’s fragile political stability.

Israeli airstrikes hit central Gaza early Thursday, destroying a camp for displaced families near Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah as preparations for a wider offensive continued.

Nairobi specifically wants to reprofile the $5bn loan that Beijing underwrote for the construction of the east African country’s modern railway, the finance minister told Reuters

Officials say the flooding has affected almost 8,000 households in 339 neighbourhoods and villages.

The Czech Republic marked the anniversary of the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on Thursday with memorial events in Prague and across the country.

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Ukrainian officials on Thursday said Russia had fired 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles into the country.

Scientists have reclassified giraffes into four distinct species, up from one. Conservationists say this greater understanding of giraffe taxonomy will allow for targeted conservation efforts, specific to each species’ needs, prioritizing those that are critically endangered.

A gorilla named Zeytin, rescued from smugglers at Istanbul Airport in December, is preparing to return home after months of medical care and rehabilitation.

Now, with “Boots on the Ground” topping Billboard’s R&B charts and trail ride culture trending nationwide, a Southern tradition once rooted in tight-knit Black communities is stepping into the mainstream—one line dance at a time.

Uganda says it has agreed a deal with the United States to take in deported migrants, on condition that they don’t have criminal records.

Zeytin was just 5-months old when Turkish officials found him squashed into a box in the hold of a flight from Nigeria to Thailand.

The WFP said three of the convoy’s 16 trucks were damaged and caught fire, but all staff were safe. The organization is assessing the full impact and gathering more information.

The fighting is being mostly carried out by forces in the semi-autonomous Puntland region and it has been substantial, as soldiers in this remote area have faced obstacles including harsh terrain, ambush attempts, and hidden explosive devices

Hungary celebrated its national holiday on Wednesday with a record-breaking fireworks display over the River Danube in Budapest, billed as the largest in Europe.

Severe hunger has seen the athletes struggle to maintain the muscle mass to workout on makeshift equipment.

Biya, in power since 1982, remains one of the longest-serving—and oldest—heads of state globally, with his candidacy already confirmed via social media.

Omotoyossi played at the 2008 and 2010 AFCONs. He became one of the best scorers in the history of Beninese football, along with Stéphane Sessègnon and Steve Mounié. He was 39 at the time of his death