At the top of U.S. official’s Africa agenda: Ethiopia, Sudan and concerns about China
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent Africa visit, which included Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal, appeared a lackluster response to U.S. President Biden’s talk...
Furor over Miss South Africa appearing in pageant in Israel
JOHANNESBURG—Controversy is swirling around the Miss South Africa beauty pageant, as the government has withdrawn its support for the event because of its plans...
Exclusive: IAEA chief hails ‘very constructive’ talks with Iran officials
The United Nations nuclear watchdog’s chief says he has held “very constructive” talks with Iranian officials as part of an ongoing visit to the...
English cricket racism exposed by former player at parliament
LONDON—English cricket was forced to confront its racist culture when former player Azeem Rafiq testified through tears at a parliamentary hearing but with a...
Biden bans Ortega and other Nicaraguan officials from entering United States
The United States has imposed an entry ban on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his government officials, following the Central American country’s presidential election in...
Iran’s Leader: Colonialists waging soft wars to pillage nations
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned Iran’s scientifically-elite community of the soft wars being waged by the world’s colonial powers with the aim...
‘We can’t allow our martyred countrymen to have died in vain’
The death toll from Sudan’s political uprising had reached 39 fatalities, reported a pro-democracy doctors union at Final Call press time. Hundreds of thousands...
Sudan minister: Return to pre-coup arrangement ‘unrealistic’
KHARTOUM, Sudan—A pro-military minister in Sudan says time is running out for the country’s deposed prime minister to agree to take a post in...
UNESCO marks its 75th anniversary with an African spotlight
(GIN)—The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) marked its 75th anniversary with a star-studded cast of artists and world leaders. Among the...
Bowing to protests, India’s prime minister agrees to repeal farm laws
NEW DELHI—In a major reversal, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that he would repeal the controversial agriculture laws that sparked yearlong protests...