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Earthquake in western Turkey kills one, injures dozens
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck Sindirgi in western Turkey on August 10th with devastating effects, as reported by The New Arab via AFP. According to the Turkish...
Israel to seize full control of Gaza under plan to defeat Hamas
During the night of August 7th–8th, Israel’s security cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to defeat Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as reported by Maghrebi Week. The plan outlines...
UK’s Starmer under pressure to expel Israeli ambassador
An array of UK members of parliament (MPs) have urged the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, to expel the Israeli ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, according to Middle East Eye....
Africa sees record high deaths at the hands of militant groups
Over 155,000 people have been killed in Africa by Islamist militant groups over the last decade, according to a report from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, as covered by...
Cape Verde activates state of emergency after floods kill nine
Cape Verde has declared a state of emergency after deadly floods which have killed nine people according to BBC News on August 13th. The state of emergency, activated on the...
Saudi Arabia executes eight in a day amid death penalty “crisis”
Eight people were executed in a single day in Saudi Arabia, mostly on drug-related charges, forming part of what has been described as an "unprecedented execution crisis," according to Middle...
Nigeria: 155 dead, 6,500 suspected cases in virus outbreak
Nigeria is grappling with a fresh spike in a deadly virus, which might have infected over 6,500 people since January alone. According to AL24 on August 13, the Nigerian authorities...
Putin is ‘bluffing’, Zelensky cautions Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he has cautioned US President Donald Trump before his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Putin is “bluffing” about wanting to end the...
Nigeria’s polio response rests in the hands of women
Nigeria has seen sporadic outbreaks of polio. Due to a combination of cultural, religious and safety reasons, Nigeria’s polio response rests in the hands of women, Al Jazeera reported on...
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Mali’s ex-PM charged with undermining the state
Mali’s military government has charged one of the country’s former prime ministers with crimes against the state, following his post on X. As the BBC...
Corruption trial hearings postponed for Israel’s Netanyahu
Following a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Jerusalem court partly agreed to postpone his corruption trial hearings, Radio France Internationale reported on...
Turkish authorities continue crackdown on the country’s opposition
Five elected mayors have been suspended by Turkish authorities as the crackdown on the country's opposition continues. According to AP News, the suspended mayors represent...
Senegal’s anti-corruption crusade bags another ex-Minister
Senegal’s anti-corruption crusade is gaining momentum, with the country’s entrenched elites increasingly under fire. As President Bassirou Faye, makes good on his campaign promises, critics...
Mauritania’s former president jailed for corruption
Mauritania’s former president has been jailed for 15 years and fined three million dollars on charges of corruption. The move may mark a pivotal shift...
Politics
UK’s Starmer under pressure to expel Israeli ambassador
An array of UK members of parliament (MPs) have urged the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, to expel the Israeli ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely,...
Police in Iraq’s Kurdistan region arrest opposition leader
Iraqi Kurdish police stated that they had arrested the main opposition party leader in the autonomous Kurdistan region in north Iraq, according to The New...
Egypt, Jordan to train Palestinian police force
Plans are afoot for Palestinians to recruit their own police officers to be trained outside of Israel. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on the...
Sudan: Dozens killed in refugee camp attack
At least 40 people were killed in an 11th August attack on a refugee camp in Sudan's western Darfur region, according to the BBC. This comes...
Africa Union urged to engage further in South Sudan political crisis
The African Union (AU) has been requested to enhance engagement to combat the political crisis in South Sudan, as reported by The North Africa Post....
100+ migrants attempt to swim from Morocco to Ceuta overnight
In one of the most chaotic incidents seen this summer, over 100 migrants, including children, attempted to swim to Ceuta, an autonomous Spanish enclave that...
Tabloid
Madonna urges Pope to go to Gaza, pushes for humanitarian aid
The US singer, Madonna, has urged Pope Leo to visit Gaza, as the humanitarian crisis in the enclave continues to worsen, Middle East Eye via...
Hakimi asked to withdraw interview comments amid ongoing case
Moroccan international and star PSG right back Achraf Hakimi, has reportedly been urged to retract his Ballon d’or comments amid the ongoing controversy over rape...
Morocco’s PSG star Achraf Hakimi to face rape trial
While the Paris Saint-Germain star denies the rape allegations, French prosecutors are pushing for a trial that could either end his career or highlight how...
Moroccan woman sentenced to life after killing her newborn
The Spanish Supreme Court has sentenced a Moroccan woman to life in prison for suffocating her newborn baby shortly after birth. As Yabiladi reported on...
Fatal fight breaks out in Moroccan café over a hashish joint
Two Moroccan friends in the town of Tamenesourt got into an altercation which led to the death of one of them, the fight accordingly stemmed...
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