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LONDON - The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact,...
- Jul 26
- 2 min
US issues sanctions on rebel group alliance over conflict in DRC
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday will impose sanctions on a coalition of rebel groups it accused of seeking to overthrow the...
- Jul 4
- 2 min
DR Congo soldiers sentenced to death for fleeing battle
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo - Twenty-five soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic...
- Jul 4
- 7 min
Army disarray hobbles Congo's fight with Rwanda-backed rebels, officers say
Paris - Soldiers from Democratic Republic of Congo's 223rd Battalion were sent to the lush hillsides near Lake Kivu to repel a rebel...
- Jun 12
- 2 min
Rwanda says UN refugee agency lying in British asylum policy case
KIGALI - Rwanda said the U.N. refugee agency had lied when the organisation told a British court this week that asylum seekers sent to...
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Swiss parliament considers snubbing European court climate ruling
BERN -The lower house of the Swiss parliament votes on Wednesday on a motion rejecting a landmark ruling ordering Switzerland to do more...
- Jun 8
- 3 min
Explainer-How does Italy's migration deal with Albania work?
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Albania on Wednesday, where her government plans to build reception camps to house...
- Jun 6
- 3 min
In heated debate, Britain's Sunak, Starmer go head-to-head on the economy
LONDON -Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour challenger Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Tuesday over how to boost Britain's economy,...
- Jun 6
- 2 min
Albania makes progress on Italy's migrant centres ahead of Meloni visit
GJADER, Albania - Construction workers in Albania are working hard to transform a former military air base into an Italian-run migrant...
- May 5
- 2 min
More migrant dinghies cross Channel to England despite Rwanda threat
STRAIT OF DOVER - Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England on Saturday, the latest among thousands...
- May 5
- 2 min
Labour victories in key UK mayoral polls deal fresh blow to Sunak
LONDON -Britain's Labour Party won mayoral polls in London and central England on Saturday, in crushing defeats for Prime Minister Rishi...
- May 1
- 1 min
UK begins detaining migrants set to be deported to Rwanda
LONDON - British authorities have detained the first migrants set to be removed to Rwanda under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's...
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