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Botswana elections: Ruling party seeks to extend 58 years in power 

30 October 2024

Botswana is voting in a general election in which President Mokgweetsi Masisi is seeking a second term and his ruling p...

US election polls: Trump vs Harris – who’s leading the race? 

30 October 2024

With less than one week remaining until Election Day, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are in a tight ...

At least 51 dead after torrential rain, floods in Spain’s Valencia region 

30 October 2024

News|Weather At least 51 people have died in flash floods that swept through Spain’s eastern region of Valencia after ...

Conflict condemns Sudan to huge displacement, rampant sexual violence: UN 

29 October 2024

War in Sudan has displaced more than 14 million people and sexual violence is being seen on a “staggering” scale, Un...

Ex-Trump strategist Steve Bannon freed from prison 

29 October 2024

A former Trump strategist who was jailed for defying a Congressional subpoena to testify about the January 6, 2021, riot...

What does UNRWA do and why has Israel banned it from West Bank, Gaza? 

29 October 2024

The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and another that will likely scale back ai...

Israel’s UNRWA ban a ‘new level in war against UN’, Palestinian envoy says 

29 October 2024

Israel’s move to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) marks a “new level”...

Eight wounded in new attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon 

29 October 2024

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says eight of its peacekeepers were wounded after a rocket, likely ...

Russia’s Putin launches drill of nuclear forces simulating strikes 

29 October 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched an exercise of the country’s nuclear forces featuring missile launches i...