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“A week before my mother died, her house was broken into and burned down,” said Mathieu Okoma Agoa, from a village in Ivory Coast.“After her funeral, women danced in the village because, according to them, the evil was gone,” he said. Okoma Agoa’s mother suffered from leprosy, a disease that

Say what you may about Israel’s ruling fanatics but listen carefully to what they say. Unlike their coalition partner, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they are blunt about their racism and bigotry.These straight-talking maniacs say what they think and do what they say. Their vision may be disastrous, even catastrophic, but their candour is refreshing in

BREAKINGBREAKING, Officials say an explosion at a mosque in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, has caused multiple casualties.Dozens of people have been wounded in an explosion at a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to officials. The blast took place at the mosque where a large number

At least 25 confirmed dead and more than 37,000 displaced by Cyclone Cheneso, authorities say.More than two dozen Madagascans have died and tens of thousands have been left homeless since a severe tropical cyclone made landfall last week and swirled for days off the island’s western coast, official records show.

Police say three others were wounded in the southern port city of Gqeberha and a manhunt for the perpetrators is under way.Armed men opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday in a township in South Africa, killing eight and wounding three others, police say. “The owner of

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 341st day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Monday, January 30, 2023: Fighting People gathered in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv to commemorate a British volunteer killed during a rescue mission in the eastern town of

Jens Stoltenberg suggests Seoul reconsider its policy of barring weapons exports to countries in conflict.Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary-general of NATO, has urged South Korea to “step up” military support for Ukraine, citing other governments that have changed their policies on exporting weapons to countries in conflict following the Russian invasion.

A radiation alert is in force for parts of Western Australia after a tiny capsule containing Caesium-137 was lost.Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised as the search continues for a tiny radioactive capsule that went missing while it was being taken to a storage facility in Perth, triggering a radiation

Three people were injured in the raid, and rescue teams are searching for an elderly woman thought to be trapped under the rubble.A missile has hit an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing one, injuring at least three others and causing widespread damage, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov

Turkey and Hungary are the only members of the 30-nation alliance yet to approve the Nordic nations’ application.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signalled that Ankara could accept Finland into NATO before taking any action on the membership of its Nordic neighbour Sweden. Erdogan was speaking just days after Ankara

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian criticised the drone attack as ‘cowardly’ and aimed at creating ‘insecurity’ in the country.Israel appears to have been behind a drone attack on a military factory in Iran, United States officials say. Iran said on Sunday that it intercepted drones targeting the facility near the

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