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Niger’s military ruler has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transitional period of five years. Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani has led the country since 2023, after he deposed Niger’s elected President, Mohamed Bazoum. On Wednesday, Gen Tchiani took the presidential office under a new charter that replaces the West African country’s constitution. He … Read more
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The US Supreme Court has upheld a major gun control policy enacted by the Biden administration to regulate so-called ghost guns – largely untraceable firearms that can be assembled at home using kits. The rules require manufacturers to include serial numbers on the kits and to perform background checks on those who purchased them. Advocacy … Read more
In an effort to quell rising tensions in its troubled Tigray region, Ethiopia’s prime minister has said he will appoint a new leader in the area. Tigray’s interim President Getachew Reda fled to the capital, Addis Ababa, earlier this month following a power struggle in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which runs the region. … Read more
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Abdujalil Abdurasulov BBC News BBC The Raybird can fly non-stop more than 1,000km to hit targets deep inside Russia At a secret location away from prying eyes, Ukrainian engineers test a long-range drone called Raybird. The machine, which looks like a mini plane with wings, is placed on a launchpad, stretched like an arrow on … Read more
Yoh! I’m so gatvol of this tjoekie and need a zol to handle these moggy people. No, these are not grammatical errors – this is a sentence comprising South African words included in the Oxford English Dictionary’s (OED) latest update. It means: Wow, I’m so annoyed by this prison and need to smoke some marijuana … Read more
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt its efforts to arrest and deport a Columbia University student for participating in pro-Palestinian protests. Yunseo Chung, 21, a legal permanent resident who moved to the US from South Korea as a child, had filed a lawsuit alleging immigration officials had executed search warrants at … Read more
The Sudanese army has told the BBC it has recaptured the airport in the capital, Khartoum, from the paramilitary RSF, marking its latest territorial gain in the brutal two-year civil war. Gen Mahomed Abdel Rahman al-Bilawi said troops had fully secured it and might be able to clear the rest of the RSF fighters by … Read more
India’s Supreme Court has put on hold a recent high court court which said that “grabbing [the] breasts” of a girl and breaking off the drawstrings of her lower garment could not be considered an attempt to rape. The Allahabad high court had ruled last week that the offence could only be described as “aggravated … Read more