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At least 129 people were killed in an attempted prison break in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday night. Congolese Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani confirmed the incident on his X account on Tuesday. He said prison authorities shot dead 24 inmates while dozens more were suffocated or trampled to death. According to the minister, several female prisoners were raped …

  An attempted escape from Congo’s main prison has left 129 people dead, including some shot and others killed in a stampede at the overcrowded facility, authorities said Tuesday. Activists said the death toll was higher, but did not provide a figure. A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were killed by “warning” shots fired by guards as they tried …

  The US has seized a plane owned by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, claiming it had been purchased illegally for $13m (£9.8m) and smuggled out of the country. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Falcon 900EX aircraft was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to the U.S. state of Florida. It is unclear how and when the …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has dismissed more than 200 soldiers from the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF). The RDF said in a statement on Friday the dismissed personnel included 21 senior and junior officers. Among those fired were Martin Nzaramba and Etienne Uwimana. READ ALSO: Buhari remembers Rwanda genocide, calls for tolerance among Nigerians In addition, the president approved the termination …

  A powerful typhoon has made landfall in Japan, killing three people. Shanshan made landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu at around 8 a.m. local time (2300 GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The agency issued its rare “special warning” for the most severe storms, warning of mudslides, flooding and widespread damage. Strong winds of …

  A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two former editors of a closed news agency in a sedition case that is widely seen as a bellwether for the future of press freedom in the city once considered a bastion of free press in Asia. Former Stand News editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were arrested in …

Thousands of students took to the streets across Canada to protest new immigration policies introduced by Justin Trudeau’s federal government. According to reports, approximately 70,000 international students participated in the national protests, with demonstrations taking place across provinces including Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. In 2021, work permits for international students under the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) …

Five people were killed Monday night in an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the incident on Tuesday. The ministry said a drone fired several bullets at a group of people during the incident. READ ALSO: 12 killed in Israeli attack on Gaza school building The Israeli army announced that a control room belonging …

  Israel said it carried out a wave of pre-emptive strikes in southern Lebanon to thwart a large-scale rocket and drone attack by Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from left) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (third from left) are “managing the situation” from an IDF base in Tel Aviv, the prime minister’s office says The Israeli military said …

  Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on stage at a rally in Arizona after withdrawing from the race and endorsing the former U.S. president. Mr Kennedy, 70, a Democrat most of his life and a scion of the Kennedy dynasty, said the principles that had led him to leave the party had …