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Emmanuel Macron French President Emmanuel Macron has said that France would withdraw troops it deployed in Niger by the end of the year. Macron said that the 1,500 French soldiers deployed in Niger to fight against terrorism in the Sahel region would “return in an orderly manner” by the end of the year, local media reported. “We are ending our …

Former President of the United States, Donald Trump on Thursday, surrendered to authorities in Atlanta, Georgia, where he faces 13 criminal charges over alleged attempts to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election. The 77-year-old Trump who was booked and placed at the Fulton County jail before being released on a previously negotiated $200,000 bond, later shared his mug …

An explosion at an illegal fuel depot in Cotonou, Benue Republic, killed at least 34 people on Saturday. The Beninese Minister of Interior, Alassane Seidou, told journalists the incident occurred at the town of Seme Podji near the country’s border with Nigeria. He added that another 20 people were seriously wounded in the incident. READ ALSO: Air strikes destroy over …

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday urged the military junta to democratic order in Niger. Soldiers attached to the Nigerien presidential guard toppled President Mohammed Basoum on July 26 and put him under house arrest alongside members of his family. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union had imposed measures including asset freeze, travel ban …

Japanese authorities on Tuesday, confirmed that a suspected gunman had taken an unknown number of people hostage at a post office in Warabi City near Tokyo. Officials said the armed gunman attacked the post office at approximately 2:15 p.m., took the hostages at gunpoint and holed up at a post office in Chuo 5-chome area of Warabi City. Television footage …

The leader of the Russian mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has reportedly died in a plane crash in the country. The Russian emergency ministry said in a statement Prigozhin was on the list of passengers on an aircraft that crashed in the Tver Region earlier on Wednesday. It added that the plane came down near the village of Kuzhenkino and all …

Israel has recalled its envoys from Turkey with immediate effect. This followed a speech by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a large pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul on Saturday. Erdoğan told the crowd of demonstrators, without naming a specific country, that Western governments are the main culprit behind the “massacre” in the Gaza Strip. The Turkish leader accused Israel of …

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has lost contact with its staff in Gaza amid the Israeli bombardment of the coastal strip. The UNRWA Commissioner, Philippe Lazzarini, said on Saturday he had lost contact with the “vast majority” of his team. He described the communications blackout as another attempt to impede …

At least 32 people were confirmed dead in an auto crash in Egypt on Saturday morning. The country’s Ministry of Health said in a statement that 63 others were injured in the accident which involved several vehicles along the Cairo-Alexandria road, north of the capital. READ ALSO: 38 injured as fire guts Egypt’s Police headquarters  The ministry added that many …

The Palestinian Health Ministry claims about 7,028 people, including more than 2,900 children have been killed in Israelis attacks on Gaza since the Hamas militants struck Israel on October 7. In an update released on Friday, the ministry also said that nearly 18,500 people have been injured in the strikes including air raids and ground attacks. The Gaza Health Ministry …