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The last French soldiers board a French military plane to leave Niger for good, at the French base which was handed over to the Nigerien army, in Niamey on Friday. The last French troops withdrew from Niger on Friday, marking an end to more than a decade of French anti-terror …

WASHINGTON — A US jury has cleared three police officers of all criminal charges in the death of an unarmed black man who died in police custody in 2020. Prosecutors accused the officers of using deadly force on Manuel Ellis during his arrest in Washington state. Ellis, 33, was beaten …

India has been granted consular access to those onboard the flight. (Representative) New Delhi: French police have taken two men into custody day after grounding a Nicaragua-bound plane carrying more than 300 Indian passengers over suspected “human trafficking”. Indian authorities have also reached the spot and are investigating the situation. …

AFPKinshasaInitial results from a presidential poll in DR Congo were expected on Friday after shambolic elections spread over several days which the authorities deemed successful. The poor but mineral-rich central African nation held four concurrent polls on Wednesday to elect the president, lawmakers for national and provincial assemblies as well …

TEL AVIV — Gadi Haggai, a 73-year-old Israeli-American dual national and hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, has died while being held captive in Gaza, the Missing Persons Families Forum said in a statement released Friday. His body is still being held in …

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s war to destroy Hamas has killed more than 20,000 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said Friday, as Israel expanded its offensive and ordered tens of thousands more people to leave their homes. The deaths in Gaza amount to nearly 1% of the territory’s prewar …

“The real problem is that the way Israel is conducting this offensive is creating massive obstacles to the distribution of humanitarian aid inside Gaza,” Guterres said, reiterating his stance that a “humanitarian cease-fire” is the only way for aid “to be effectively delivered.” The “real problem” hampering humanitarian efforts in …

PRAGUE — A mass shooting in downtown Prague has left 13 people dead – including the gunman – and at least 25 injured. The individual responsible for the shooting is dead, according to Czech police. He was a 24-year-old student in the faculty of arts at Charles University, where the …

The US has declared it is ready to support a UN security council resolution intended to boost the flow of humanitarian supplies into Gaza after a week of negotiations and substantial amendments, including the removal of a call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities”. A vote on the resolution was …

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was granted bail Friday in a case alleging he leaked state secrets, lawyers said, but remained jailed on other charges with an election due in February.Khan — detained since August — alleges the powerful military is colluding with dynastic parties which have long dominated …