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Outsiders Malawi beat Ghana to reach WAFCON semi-finals and World Cup

France, Aug. 10 -- The Malawians, ranked 153rd in the world and making their first appearance at the continental tournament, recovered from an early setback in Rabat on Sunday to continue a remarkable... Read More


Moscow and Damascus reach deal over Russian military bases in Syria

France, Aug. 10 -- Syria's official SANA news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying that Hmeimim airbase and Tartus naval base, Russia's only two official military bases outside the former Sovi... Read More


Iran says 'Muslim Nato' pact reflects retreat from US security umbrella

France, Aug. 10 -- Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that a defence pact signed last week between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan was "a sign of a change in the perception" of countries in the reg... Read More


May '68 veteran Cohn-Bendit throws support behind left-wing Glucksmann for 2027

France, Aug. 10 -- "In the reformist left camp, he is the only one to have adopted a position that opens up a future for a social-ecological left. He should be supported, not thwarted," said Cohn-Bend... Read More


Record temperatures swept regions home to 900 million people in July

France, Aug. 10 -- Some 33 countries recorded their hottest July since records began, according to a detailed analysis of billions of data points from Copernicus's ERA5 climate model. Some countries ... Read More


Investigation raises alarm over uranium in DRC cobalt shipments to China

France, Aug. 9 -- Lighthouse Reports obtained a previously undisclosed internal memo from the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2024 and began investigating its contents. The 2009 document cited ... Read More


Sall's chances at UN secretary-general role weakened after first vote

France, Aug. 9 -- The UN is entering the final stages of choosing a successor to Guterres, whose second five-year term ends on 31 December. Under the UN Charter, the selection is led by the 15-member... Read More


The EU has new anti-Beijing instruments, but will China have to face the music?

France, Aug. 8 -- When in 1994 Klaus Wulf, chief technical officer of the German-Chinese joint-venture FAW-Volkswagen was asked if he was worried about the effect of China's demands for transfer of th... Read More


High stakes for Ireland's EU presidency amid migration row over Ceuta crisis

France, Aug. 8 -- Interior ministers from the EU's 27 member states attended an emergency meeting on Tuesday at Dublin's invitation, with Ireland having assumed the rotating presidency of the Council ... Read More


DR Congo hands first prisoners back to M23 rebels under peace deal

France, Aug. 7 -- According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which facilitated the transfer, 15 detainees left the government-held city of Beni, in the northern part of North Ki... Read More