International

  In the 1800s, a trio of women forever changed the study and understanding of ancient Egypt. So why have their legacies been overlooked? Edwards’ evocative writing and vivid illustrations have attracted countless tourists to Egypt (Credit: Alamy) In 1864, English travel writer Lucie Duff Gordon sat in her home atop the Luxor Temple, looking out the window across the …

As Nigerian youth prepare to take to the streets tomorrow, activist cleric Bishop Wycliffe Khaemba has warned them against resorting to violent protests, citing the devastating consequences of similar actions in Kenya. Bishop Khaemba, who has spent 28 years in activism, urged Nigerian youth to learn from the experience of Kenya, where massive protests against tax hikes have resulted in …

  Paul Dans has resigned as director of Project 2025, the conservative strategy for a possible second term for Donald Trump, amid strong criticism, including from the former president. trump Dans’s departure was confirmed in a statement to CNN by Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, the group that launched Project 2025. Before joining Heritage to lead the …

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday lifted an arms embargo on Central African Republic (CAR) government forces. However, the Council urges all States to take all necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply of all types of arms and related materials to armed groups operating there. The arms embargo was imposed in 2013 in response to brutal …

Kamala Harris’s plan as a running mate was to outdo J.D. Vance as nothing more than a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. But now that she’s the presumptive Democratic nominee, her campaign is seizing on the Ohio senator as a major liability, looking to his own VP selection process and the contenders’ public hearings to drive home the point. Vance’s …

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his political opponents both claimed victory in Monday’s presidential election, while the United States and several regional nations expressed skepticism about the official results awarding victory to the dictatorial leader. Voters line up before the polls open on July 28, 2024 in Caracas, Venezuela. Matias Delacroix/AP With 80% of the votes counted, Maduro obtained …

  Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant vowed Sunday to “strike the enemy hard” after rocket fire from Lebanon killed 12 young people in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and raised fears that the war in Gaza will spread. Druze women mourn next to a coffin during the funeral of a person killed the day before in a rocket attack from Lebanon, …

  Poland’s parliament has approved controversial proposals to decriminalize the use of firearms by border guards in self-defense under certain circumstances. A soldier stands guard near the fence on the border between Belarus and Poland NGOs say the legislative changes violate human rights standards, but the government says they are needed to protect the Polish-Belarusian border from increasingly aggressive migrant …

  One of the world’s most powerful drug lords, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, has been arrested by U.S. federal agents in El Paso, Texas. Images by Reuters Zambada, 76, founded the criminal organization together with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is incarcerated in the United States. Guzman’s son, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, was also arrested Thursday …

  Manhattan prosecutors say there is no basis to overturn Donald Trump’s conviction in the silence case after the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity. Any errors, they argued in a document filed Thursday, are “harmless” when compared to the “overwhelming evidence” of the former president’s guilt. Trump’s lawyers have argued that his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business …