11-11-2025 WASHINGTON: More than 1,400 flights to, from, or within the US were cancelled on Saturday after airlines were told this week to cut traffic during the federal government shutdown. Nearly 6,000 flights were also delayed, down from over 7,000 delays on Friday, according to flight tracker FlightAware. The Federal …
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11-11-2025 DODOMA: Police in Tanzania have arrested a senior opposition official after more than 200 people were charged with treason over a wave of protests against last month’s general election. Opposition party Chadema said that its deputy secretary-general, Amani Golugwa, was arrested early on Saturday. He is the third senior …
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11-11-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: The United Nations Human Rights Office in Sudan says that “brutal attacks” are escalating in el-Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the city in the western region of Darfur last month. “Over the past 10 days, el-Fasher has witnessed an escalation of brutal …
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11-11-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israel’s military has killed at least three Palestinians in attacks across Gaza despite a United States-brokered ceasefire, as authorities in the war-torn territory reported that the overall death toll has now risen above 69,000. The latest killings on Saturday came as Hamas also announced retrieving the remains …
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11-11-2025 LAGOS: When Lawrence Zhongo and his wife got married in 2023, relatives and friends from across their region in central Nigeria attended the ceremony but in the years since, he has been left distraught time and again with each new report of a deadly attack that has claimed the …
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11-11-2025 WASHINGTON: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in the United States for an official visit, according to state media, during which Washington hopes to enlist Damascus in its global coalition against ISIL, or ISIS. Al-Sharaa’s arrival in the US capital came late on Saturday as Syria’s Ministry of Interior …
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10-11-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: The United Nations has warned of “intensified hostilities” ahead in Sudan, despite paramilitary forces endorsing a truce proposal from mediators after more than two years of war with the regular army. “There is no sign of de-escalation,” UN human rights Chief Volker Turk said in a …
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10-11-2025 BALI: Two Britons convicted of drugs offences in Indonesia, including a 69-year-old woman on death row, were repatriated early this morning, as part of a deal to return them to the UK on humanitarian grounds. Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, but has moved to release …
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10-11-2025 KENTUCKY: American delivery firms UPS and FedEx have temporarily grounded part of their fleets of cargo planes after a mid-takeoff crash in Kentucky on Tuesday left at least 14 people dead. The UPS aircraft burst into flames as it careered off the runway and collided with neighboring business premises, …
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10-11-2025 KYIV: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said that more than 1,400 people from 36 African nations are known to be fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine, urging governments to warn their citizens against joining a conflict where they are “quickly killed”. Speaking on Friday, Sybiha accused …
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