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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record cost-of-living crisis. Four of them collapsed in court due to exhaustion before they... by | Nov 1, 2024 | World News
Report: Iran Vows ‘Harsh Response’ to Israel Strikes, Plans Retaliation Post US Election By The Media Line Staff Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has reportedly directed military officials to prepare a retaliation plan against Israel in response to recent Israeli... by | Nov 1, 2024 | World News
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by an Indigenous community that sought to cancel a permit for a palm oil concession on thousands of hectares of rainforest it claimed as ancestral land, legal documents showed on Friday. Upholding... by | Nov 1, 2024 | World News
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The government of Mauritius on Friday banned access to social media websites ahead of parliamentary elections on Nov. 10 in which Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth is seeking a second term in power. The directive was announced by the national... by | Nov 1, 2024 | World News
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s new deputy president has been sworn into office, two weeks after his predecessor was overwhelmingly voted out in an impeachment motion in parliament over allegations of corruption and inciting ethnic division. Kindiki Kithure took... by | Nov 1, 2024 | World News
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police said on Friday that an explosion in an Athens apartment that killed a man and severely wounded a woman the previous day appears to have been caused by an improvised bomb. Police searching the wrecked apartment seized two handguns...