Security
In call with Trump, Merz says Germany ready to take on more NATO responsibility
BERLIN German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told US President Donald Trump on Friday that Germany is prepared to assume greater responsibility...
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EXPLAINER – What US wants from NATO’s Ankara summit: More defense spending, burden-sharing, Türkiye’s role
WASHINGTON As NATO leaders gather in Ankara next week, the Trump administration looks beyond the communiques and photo ops, and...
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18 killed in north-central Nigeria as communal land dispute escalates
ABUJA At least 18 people were killed in a violent communal clash linked to a land dispute in Nigeria’s north-central...
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UN documents killing of 45 civilians in capital of Sudan’s North Kordofan state, warns of ‘catastrophe’
NAIROBI The UN said Friday that it had documented the killing of at least 45 civilians in El Obeid, the...
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Sudanese army battles to retake strategic city near Ethiopian border, military sources say
NAIROBI Sudanese army forces battled the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the allied Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) on...
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US withdraws troops from Nigeria, but retains intelligence cooperation
LAGOS, Nigeria The US has withdrawn most of the military personnel it deployed to Nigeria earlier this year for a...
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Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Rome Statute exit threatens justice for war crimes victims: Amnesty International
Amnesty International says the withdrawal by the military regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger Republic from the Rome...
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Burkina Faso army claims it killed over 400 armed men who attacked military positions
BAMAKO, Mali Burkina Faso’s armed forces on Wednesday claimed they repelled coordinated attacks by armed groups on several military positions...
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Kidnapped Oriire Schoolchildren: Tinubu govt applauds suspension of strike by Oyo teachers
The federal government has hailed the suspension of the strike by teachers in Oyo state, describing the development as a...
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Xenophobia: Ghana fumes over killing of national in South Africa, demands arrest, prosecution of perpetrators
The Ghanaian government has condemned the killing of its 40-year-old national, Bashiru Isak, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, on...
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