A drone attack early Tuesday morning near Khartoum International Airport has raised fresh concerns over Sudan’s plans to reopen the airport for domestic flights a move that was set to mark a symbolic step toward recovery after more than two and a half years of civil war. Residents in central…
Millions of users worldwide experienced widespread internet disruptions on Monday, following a major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the United States a key cloud computing provider that powers much of the global internet infrastructure. The disruption affected numerous major platforms, including Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Airbnb, and several UK…
A dramatic early-morning runway incident occurred at Hong Kong International Airport when a Boeing 747 arriving from Dubai, leased to Emirates, veered off the runway and plunged into the sea after colliding with an airport patrol vehicle. The aircraft landed safely around 3:50 a.m., but according to airport officials, it…
Military officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have confirmed that nearly 40 fighters from the M23 rebel group have laid down their weapons in the country’s restive east. According to the army, the individuals who surrendered included civilians, police officers, and soldiers who had been abducted and…
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Begins Prison Sentence Over Libya Campaign Financing Scandal
In a historic turn of events, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy reported to La Santé Prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a five-year sentence for illegally financing his 2007 presidential campaign with funds allegedly sourced from Libya. The 70-year-old, who led France from 2007 to 2012, becomes the…
Tanzania’s upcoming general elections could “become a procedural affair devoid of legitimacy,” Amnesty International has cautioned, raising alarms over what it describes as a deepening climate of fear and political repression under President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration. In a briefing released ahead of the October 29 polls, the global human…
Political tension is rising in Ivory Coast just days before Saturday’s presidential election, following the fatal shooting of a gendarme on patrol in the country’s south. Authorities have not yet identified the attackers, but the incident occurred in a region known as an opposition stronghold, which has seen a wave…
A potential tragedy was averted on Monday when police arrested a Georgia man at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after his family alerted authorities that he was planning to open fire at the busy travel hub. According to Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum, 49-year-old Billy Joe Cagle from Cartersville, Georgia, had…
Embu Level 5 Hospital has sounded the alarm over a surge in breast cancer cases, identifying it as the most common cancer reported at the facility in the last five years. According to hospital data, 1,644 cancer cases have been recorded since 2020, with breast cancer accounting for 17 percent…
U.S. envoys met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in a renewed diplomatic push to stabilize the Gaza ceasefire, following a weekend of deadly violence that risked derailing the fragile, week-old truce between Israel and Hamas. Both sides have since reaffirmed their commitment to the ceasefire plan brokered by…
