Taliban announce successor to Mullah Mansour
The Afghan Taliban have announced a new leader to replace Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike. In a statement, the Taliban ackno
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Millions going hungry in drought-stricken Zimbabwe
The United Nations says nearly three million people in drought-stricken Zimbabwe are going hungry. The world body expects that number to exceed four m
Russia frees female Ukrainian pilot
Russia has freed jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who became a symbol of resistance against Moscow. “I am free,” Savchenko told a
Opposition to protest against Kabila
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the opposition says it will go ahead today with demonstrations against President Joseph Kabila. The opposition ac
French, Italian firms to help search for EgyptAir black boxes
Egypt is taking on two companies, one French and one Italian, to help search for the black boxes of an EgyptAir plane that crashed in deep water in th