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[ad_1] Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has led thousands of protesters in a third round of anti-government demonstrations on Thursday as the government warned that no more violent protests would be tolerated. The opposition is blaming President William Ruto for the rising cost of living and alleges he illegally manipulated …

[ad_1] Britain’s police watchdog asked prosecutors Thursday to decide whether to charge a police officer over the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man in London last year. Chris Kaba died after an officer fired a single gunshot through the windshield of the car the 24-year-old was driving in a …

[ad_1] Thai authorities used helicopters Thursday to try to contain a fire that overnight engulfed two mountains on largely undeveloped forest land in a province northeast of the capital Bangkok. The fire broke out Wednesday night in Nakhon Nayok province, 70 miles northeast of Bangkok, but firefighters could not directly …

[ad_1] Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, appointed his eldest son Khaled as crown prince of Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, placing him as next in line to take over as the leader of the federation. The state-run WAM news agency announced the appointment …

[ad_1] Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant oversaw the launch of a new spy satellite on Wednesday, just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would dismiss Gallant from his post, triggering a wave of backlash. Gallant broke ranks with Netanyahu over the weekend when he called for a …

[ad_1] Ukraine’s president invited his powerful Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to visit the war-torn nation, saying they haven’t been in contact since the war began and he is “ready to see him here.” “I want to speak with him,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy told The Associated Press on Tuesday, the week after …

[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris is set to unveil a $1 billion initiative to promote women’s economic empowerment in the country of Ghana, where she has spent several days touring and meeting with government officials. “While we face real challenges, I look around tonight and I am truly more optimistic …

[ad_1] At least 14 people from the African nation of Cameroon were rescued from waters in the eastern Caribbean early Tuesday after their boat capsized, but three people were dead and 13 others missing, authorities in St. Kitts said. The group had departed Antigua early Tuesday aboard a boat carrying …

[ad_1] The family of an American couple that was kidnapped and held for ransom in Haiti says that they urged the two not to travel to the impoverished island nation. “We were very worried when they said they were going, we told them not to go but they wanted to …

[ad_1] A fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, near the U.S. border, has claimed the lives of at least three dozen migrants, Mexican authorities said. Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) said 39 foreign migrants died in a fire that started shortly before 10 p.m. local time …