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20-07-2025 KAMPALA, UGANDA: Rwanda is in “command and control” of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda has “unilaterally doubled its military presence” in the DRC, and armed groups including those aligned to the Congolese government, are committing rights violations against civilians, according to a group …

20-07-2025 LONDON: Police in the United Kingdom have decided not to take any further action against Kneecap in a case related to the Irish hip-hop trio’s opposition to Israel. Avon and Somerset police said in a statement on Friday that they carried out an investigation over the music group’s performance …

20-07-2025 DURBAN: The finance ministers of the Group of 20 have finally reached a consensus following meetings in South Africa, emphasizing that central banks must remain independent in reaction to months of attacks by United States President Donald Trump. In their final statement published on Friday, following two days of …

19-07-2025 DAMASCUS/ SUWEIDA: Over the last five days, Rima says she has witnessed “barbaric” scenes. The 45-year-old Druze woman has lived in the southern Syrian city of Suweida her whole life, and never thought her once-peaceful hometown would become the scene of a bloodbath. “There were bodies everywhere outside our …

19-07-2025 GAZA/ SANA’A/ JERUSALEM: The Health Ministry in Gaza says an “unprecedented” number of starving Palestinians are pouring into hospitals across the besieged territory. As the daily death toll in Gaza continues to mount, with at least 35 people killed in Israeli attacks today, Hamas’s military wing says its fighters …

18-07-2025 JAKARTA: Indonesian police have uncovered an international baby trafficking syndicate which has allegedly sold at least 25 infants to buyers in Singapore since 2023. Authorities made 13 arrests related to the syndicate in the Indonesian cities of Pontianak and Tangerang this week, and rescued six babies who were about …

19-07-2025 LONDON/ KABUL: The identities of more than 100 British officials, including members of the Special Forces and MI6, were compromised in a data breach that also put thousands of Afghans at risk of reprisal, it can be reported. The latest fallout from the breach was kept secret by an …

19-07-2025 DAKAR: France handed over control of its last major military facility in Senegal on Thursday, marking the end of its armed forces’ long presence in the West African country and a milestone in a withdrawal from the wider region. The commander of French forces in Africa, General Pascal Ianni, …

19-07-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India is confident of meeting its oil needs from alternative sources if Russian supplies are hit by secondary sanctions, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday. Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump warned that countries purchasing Russian exports could face sanctions if Moscow …

19-07-2025 BEIJING, July 17 (Reuters) – Days of record-breaking heat across large swathes of China pushed power demand to an all-time high in excess of 1.5 billion kilowatts on Wednesday, energy officials said, with temperatures forecast to feel like 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas on Thursday. …