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A military aircraft crashed Monday in southern Nigeria with 25 passengers and 7 crew members on board, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation, authorities said.

In Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the consequences of armed conflict continue to weigh heavily on children. For some, violence, displacement and separation from their families have left deep and difficult-to-measure…

Official state ceremonies marking three years since the October 7 attacks are expected to take place later on Monday in Jerusalem, with Israeli officials in attendance.

Sergey Lavrov praised the government in Kabul as he spoke at a meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, adding that Moscow is interested in helping the country bolster counter-terrorism measures.

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The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.

The next UN secretary-general will take charge of an institution under pressure to restore its influence, tackle financial challenges and adapt to a changing world.

Climate change has started hitting the food markets in Kenya and shoppers are feeling the pinch. In the capital Nairobi and across much of the country, rising prices are forcing consumers to make tough choices - buying and eating less.

Guinean opposition politician Aliou Bah, who was jailed for insulting junta leader General Mamadi Doumbouya, was granted a presidential pardon Friday after nearly two years behind bars.

Brazil presidential candidate Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro and incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff October 25 for the top job after neither won a majority in Sunday's vote.

Authorities began on Sunday to remove a migrant camp on the beach of Ceuta, Spain's enclave in North Africa, ahead of a mid-October visit by Spain's king and queen, police said.

Government forces in Yemen have launched a major military operation to retake the territory seized by Houthi rebels last month.

Iran on Saturday inaugurated a second makeshift military training base in the capital Tehran, in a show of defiance as the US threatens to "blow up" and "annihilate" Iran.

Troops from eight countries including China have been participating in joint military exercises in Russia. The exercise concluded on Saturday after conducting coordinated ground and air operations, according to Chinese state broadcaster…

Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye says at an African Union meeting in El Alamein, Egypt, that persistent violence across Africa is taking a toll on farming, education and development.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed attacks against facilities of Aramco, the world's largest oil company, in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh.

African heads of state and business leaders gathered in Egypt on Saturday for the inaugural El-Alamein Africa Forum. They called for the continent to unlock its capital to finance growth and reduce reliance on external funding.

A crash involving multiple vehicles on a highway to the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday killed 17 people, most of them pilgrims on the way to a prayer site, officials said.

The internationally-recognised government says attacks target the rebel group's positions across the country.

The scarcity is driven by global oil disruptions tied to the Middle East conflict and by domestic import restrictions.

It is further intensifying the country's humanitarian crisis with more than 5 million people already internally displaced following years of conflict.

International benchmark Brent crude briefly fell below $100 per barrel before stabilising around $102, while US oil prices slumped by up to 5 per cent.

The powerful weather system is projected to bring severe heatwaves, below-normal rainfall, and heightened drought risks across Southern Africa.

Some 250 people, who have all been exposed to the rare Bundibugyo virus, are taking part in the trial could stop them from contracting Ebola.

Military leaders cited 'security conditions' and the need to preserve public order for barring Umaro Sissoco Embalo's return.

Suspected political assassinations in South Africa have claimed at least 43 lives this year to September, with local government elections still one month away, a report said Friday

Haiti's gang violence crisis has left at least 5,700 people dead or wounded this year while more than 1,000 women and girls have been raped, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Friday

Yemen's Houthis and Saudi-backed forces fought over an area located not far from a waterway that is crucial to global energy flows, killing 80 combatants over the past day, sources on both sides told AFP on Friday

Nearly 20,000 newborns are affected every year with the inherited blood disorder which causes severe pain in patients.

The United Nations is issuing an urgent call to action on the world’s dryland forests - areas that sustain the food security and cultural identity of more than two billion people.