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Senegal top court confirms Faye’s election victory
DAKAR – Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Friday confirmed the presidential election victory of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, paving the way for his inauguration as the country’s fifth president. Read…
Italy intercepts Russian planes over Baltic Sea, defence sources say
ROME – The Italian airforce said on Friday it intercepted unidentified aircraft flying over international waters in the Baltic Sea, and two defence sources in Rome identified them as Russian…
Massive crane put in place to clear Baltimore bridge debris as crews assess damage
The biggest operational crane on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard towered over Baltimore’s port on Friday, ready to begin clearing the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge days after a…
Massive crane put in place to clear Baltimore bridge debris as crews assess damage
The biggest operational crane on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard towered over Baltimore’s port on Friday, ready to begin clearing the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge days after a…
Pope leads Good Friday service ahead of Colosseum procession
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis presided over a Good Friday service in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of a night-time procession at Rome’s Colosseum for the most sombre day in the…
Russia remands journalist in custody for two months for links to Navalny group
MOSCOW – A Russian court has remanded journalist Antonina Favorskaya in custody for two months after she was charged with participation in an extremist organisation, the Moscow court service said.…
Famine is ‘quite possibly’ in some areas of northern Gaza, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON – Famine is both a risk and quite possibly present in at least some areas of the northern Gaza Strip, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Friday,…
Israel kills dozens in airstrikes across the Gaza Strip
CAIRO – Israel sustained its aerial and ground bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing dozens of Palestinians, as fighting raged around Gaza City’s main Al Shifa hospital, Palestinian…
Gaza fisherman braves Israeli navy fire to support his family
GAZA – Before the Gaza war, Palestinian fisherman Jalal Qaraan navigated his small boat for long distances in search of a good catch. These days he says merely casting his…