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30-04-2026 BEINING: Facebook-owner Meta’s acquisition of AI start-up Manus has been blocked by Chinese regulators. Announced in late December, Meta said the deal estimated to be worth around $2bn (£1.48bn) at the time would see Manus’ agents used to boost to its own AI across its platforms but reports on …

30-04-2026 ABUJA: Eight children are still missing after gunmen raided an unregistered orphanage in Nigeria’s north-central Kogi State and kidnapped 23, authorities have said. Kogi’s information commissioner Kingsley Fanwo said 15 children were rescued due to the “prompt and coordinated response” of security agencies. Sunday’s attack also saw the owner …

29-04-2026 GENEVA/ MOGADISHU: Across Somalia, communities are suffering through a deepening hunger crisis, driven from their homes by drought and left waiting for critical humanitarian assistance that has not arrived. September’s failed Deyr rains mark the latest blow in a relentless climate crisis, destroying livelihoods, killing livestock, and forcing another …

29-04-2026 N’DJAMENA: At least 42 people have been killed in eastern Chad after a dispute between two families over access to water escalated into reprisal attacks, according to Deputy Prime Minister Limane Mahamat. Mahamat confirmed the total killed during a visit on Monday to the village of Igote. It is …

29-04-2026 JERUSALEM: Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most formidable political rivals said on Sunday they were joining forces in a bid to oust his coalition government ‌in the upcoming election expected later this year. The former Prime Ministers, right-wing Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid issued statements announcing …

29-04-2026 WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump said on Sunday Iran ​could telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to their two-month war and stressed it can never have a nuclear weapon, after Tehran said the US should remove obstacles to ‌a deal, including its blockade of Iran’s ports. Hopes …

29-04-2026 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Revenue growth for India’s top IT firms will stay muted this fiscal year, as gains from artificial intelligence would be blunted with clients cutting spending amid macroeconomic and ‌geopolitical uncertainty, analysts said. The Nifty IT index, the worst performing sector of 2026, …

29-04-2026 BOGOTA: The death toll from a bombing on a Colombian highway on Saturday has risen to 20, with another 36 people injured, including minors. Videos shared from the scene showed damaged vehicles and debris strewn across the Pan-American Highway in the southern Cauca region. Colombian President Gustavo Petro blamed …

29-04-2026 TEHRAN: Across Iran’s capital, life has returned to a kind of normal. Markets, cafes and shops are opening their doors, and some highways are buzzing with traffic once again as a fragile ceasefire with the United States largely holds after weeks of devastating US-Israeli attacks. Yet customers are cautious. …

28-04-2026 BAMAKO: Explosions and sustained gunfire have been reported in Mali’s capital, Bamako, as armed groups launched coordinated attacks across the country. Mali’s military said on Sunday evening that efforts to repel the attacks were under way, and some militants had already fled. Fighting has also been reported around Kati, …