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President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed al-Nahyan will travel to Russia today to meet President Vladimir Putin. The announcement came less than a week after OPEC+, a group of oil producers that includes the UAE and Russia, agreed to steep cuts in oil production. It plans to slow production by two million barrels per day its largest supply cut since 2020. The presidents will also meet as the Russian […]

Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a civilian European Union mission alongside their border, where the two countries have recorded worst fighting since 2020. The agreement was reached after Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, Armenia’s Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Charles Michel met in Prague on Thursday. According to the European Council, the mission that will start by the end of this month aims […]

US President Joe Biden has pardoned all Americans who have been convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana. Biden revealed that the federal pardons will make it easier for people to get employment, housing, and education. Officials estimate about 6,500 people with federal convictions for simple possession of marijuana will benefit. As a presidential candidate, Biden promised to decriminalise cannabis use, as well as expunging convictions.

The United States has issued new sanctions against Iranian officials over what it called the violent suppression of protests. The sanctions target Iran’s Interior Minister, Ahmad Vahidi and Communications Minister, Eisa Zarepour, as well as the head of the Iranian cyber-police force, Vahid Majid, and four other security officials. Washington accused the sanctioned individuals of being involved in violence against peaceful protesters and the shutdown of Iran’s Internet access. The United […]

Tigrayan rebels have confirmed they would take part after the Addis Ababa government confirmed its participation in peace talks this weekend. A statement signed by Tigrayan leader, Debretsion Gebremichael, raised some questions about the invited participants, observers, guarantors and the role of the international community. The statement noted that the upsurge has also brought in troops from neighboring Eritrea, who is backing the Ethiopian government army. Both sides in the […]

Burkina Faso’s coup leader Ibrahim Traoré has assumed office as the president. This follows last week's seizure of power by military officers. The power grab, the second this year, was triggered by an apparent disaffection with the failures of the previous military government to curb a spreading Islamist insurgency. A delegation from the West African regional body, ECOWAS, went to the country on Tuesday, hoping to persuade the new leader […]

A suicide bombing in a mosque at a government ministry in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul killed four people and wounded 25. The ministry spokesman revealed that the explosion took place as workers and visitors were praying inside a mosque of the country's Interior Ministry. Taliban-appointed spokesman for the ministry, Abdul Takor, said the incident is under investigation, adding that details of the investigation will be shared with the media when it […]

The African Union has invited Ethiopia's government and Tigray forces to peace talks aimed at ending a two-year civil war. Ethiopia's national security adviser to the prime minister said the government has accepted the invitation, which is in line with the country’s principled position regarding peaceful resolution. Fresh fighting resumed in the northern Tigray region in August, breaking a five-month humanitarian truce. The truce was agreed to allow aid to […]

Ugandan health ministry has confirmed the death of another health worker on Wednesday. According to the country’s Health Minister, Jane Aceng, the health worker, Margaret Nabisubi, is the fourth medical worker to die of Ebola. A team of medics got exposed to the virus when they treated the first confirmed case. Official figures show that there have been 43 confirmed cases since the outbreak was announced two weeks ago, and […]