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Benin bets on free vets and schools to turn people away from jihadism
In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front -- a programme of social projects, including free veterinary care, to tempt locals away from extremism. Located ...
Ukraine says Russia launched largest drone attack of war
Russia pummelled Ukraine Wednesday with its largest missile and drone attack in more than three years of war, hours after US President Donald Trump launched an expletive-filled attack on Russian ...
Thunder's Holmgren agrees to contract extension worth up to $250 mn: reports
Oklahoma City Thunder star center Chet Holmgren has agreed to a five-year maximum rookie contract extension with the NBA champion franchise worth up to $250 million, US media reported Wednesday. ESPN, ...
Displaced West Bank residents protest army demolitions
More than a hundred Palestinians displaced from refugee camps by an ongoing Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank gathered in the city of Tulkarem on Wednesday to protest the army's ...
X chief Yaccarino steps down after two years
Linda Yaccarino resigned Wednesday as CEO of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, after two years at the helm of the Elon Musk-owned company. In a statement posted on the platform, ...
Fuel station worker hurt in huge Rome blast dies
A man injured during a huge explosion at a petrol station in a Rome suburb last week died on Wednesday, a local administration official told AFP. The 35-year-old, who worked at the gas station in the ...
Ukraine says Russia launched largest drone, missile attack of war
Russia pummelled Ukraine with its largest missile and drone attack in more than three years of war, claiming to have targeted an airfield in a region bordering EU and NATO member Poland. The strike ...
Markets mixed as Trump flags fresh tariffs, eyes on trade talks
Stocks were mixed Wednesday as investors assessed Donald Trump's latest tariff threats, while keeping an eye on trade talks after the US president warned he would not again extend a deadline to reach ...
Five missing in landslide as rain lashes China's south and east
Five people are missing after a house was buried in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in southwest China on Wednesday, authorities and state media said. The landslide in Xuyong county in Sichuan ...
Bitter pill: Cuba runs low on life-saving medicines
Cuban Jessica Rodriguez never knows if she will find the medicines that keep her four-year-old son alive in a country that has all but run out of essential drugs. On a near daily basis she sprints ...
3 dead in north Lebanon strike that Israel says hit Hamas militant
Lebanon said three people were killed Tuesday in a strike near Tripoli that the Israeli military said targeted a Hamas militant, the first on the north since a November ceasefire with Hezbollah. The ...
City of London sees 'new era' of post-Brexit ties with Paris
Brexit, Lord Mayor of the City of London Alastair King told AFP on Tuesday ahead of a dinner hosted for French President Emmanuel Macron. "It's wonderful that there's... new opportunities to discuss ...