Polls have closed in Tunisia’s presidential election as the president, Kais Saied, seeks a second term, while his most prominent critics are in prison and
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UK ‘resolutely committed’ to its overseas territories, says foreign minister
The UK is “resolutely committed” to all of its overseas territories, the responsible foreign minister said, after Argentina vowed to gain “full sovereignty” of the
Canada’s carbon tax is popular, innovative and helps save the planet – but now it faces the axe
Mass hunger and malnutrition. A looming nuclear winter. An existential threat to the Canadian way of life. For months, the country’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre
Mpox vaccination begins in DRC after 859 die this year
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have begun vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread to several
Arab spring dreams in ruins as Tunisia goes to polls against backdrop of repression
Tunisia will hold a presidential election on Sunday against the backdrop of a crackdown on dissent and human rights violations committed against undocumented migrants seeking
US supreme court will rule on $10bn suit Mexico filed against US gun makers
The US supreme court said on Friday it will decide whether to block a $10bn lawsuit Mexico filed against US gun manufacturers and distributors that
Starmer defends UK ceding control of Chagos Islands amid Tory criticism
Keir Starmer has defended giving up UK control of the Chagos Islands, as the decision has descended into a political blame game among Conservative leadership
More than 100 people missing after being forced off boats in Djibouti
More than 100 people are still missing after smugglers apparently forced migrants to leave their boats and swim in the Red Sea off the coast
Argentina’s Javier Milei accused of plagiarising UN speech from West Wing
Argentina’s rightwing populist president, Javier Milei, has been accused of plagiarising a chunk of his recent speech to the United Nations general assembly from the
At least 78 dead and dozens missing after ferry disaster in DR Congo
At least 78 people have drowned and many more are missing after a boat belived to be carrying 278 passengers capsized on Thursday morning just