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Uganda shuts down internet ahead of election

In tonight's edition, a week after Ugandan authorities denied plans to shut down internet access during this week's presidential elections, public online access is blocked for millions of voters. Also...

5dFrance 24Politics

Uganda: Crackdown, internet blackout ahead of vote

Uganda's authorities have shut down rights groups, arrested opponents and their supporters, now they've turned off the internet. After 40 years in office, President Yoweri Museveni has no intention of...

5dDeutsche WellePolitics

What lies ahead for Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado?

Machado has argued that the opposition has a 'mandate' to succeed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro....

3dAl JazeeraPolitics

Greenland and Denmark reject US pressure ahead of Washington trip

Leaders say territory ‘not for sale’ before White House meeting on Wednesday...

5dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

'We choose Denmark,' says Greenland PM ahead of W. House talks

Greenland would choose to remain Danish over a US takeover, its leader said Tuesday, ahead of crunch White House talks on the future of the Arctic island which President Donald Trump has repeatedly th...

5dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Iranian goes on trial in France ahead of possible prisoner swap

An Iranian went on trial in France Tuesday accused of promoting "terrorism" on social media in a case linked to a possible prisoner swap with two French citizens held by the Islamic republic for over ...

5dFrance 24Politics

Civilians flee Kurdish-held region in northern Syria ahead of army deadline

Civilians fled a Kurdish-held region of northern Syria on Friday before a deadline set by the army, which seeks to expand its control over the area after driving Kurdish forces from Aleppo. The govern...

2dFrance 24Politics

Beijing launches antitrust investigation into Trip.com ahead of Lunar New Year break

China has opened an antitrust investigation into Trip.com Group, the country’s largest online travel services provider, weeks before hundreds of millions of people on the mainland go away on holiday d...

4dSouth China Morning PosteconomicsImpact

Chinese firm Sinovac to supply vaccine to Chile ahead of flu season

The Chilean government has awarded a contract to Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech to supply its influenza vaccine ahead of the southern hemisphere winter. The vaccine will be part of Chi...

5dSouth China Morning PostHealth

Germany news: Syrian president puts planned visit on hold

President Ahmad al-Sharaa has postponed his visit to Berlin, for talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, due to the political situation in his country. The repatriation of Syrian refugees was high on th...

8hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Greenland 'can count on us,' European Commission chief says ahead of White House talks

Von der Leyen's comments come as US officials will host the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers at the White House for crunch talks later on Wednesday....

4dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Japanese opposition parties merge in challenge to Takaichi

Centrist bloc including ruling party’s former coalition partner raises risks for PM ahead of expected snap election...

3dFinancial TimesPolitics

NBA Europe to 'respect' European basketball tradition

The NBA is pressing ahead with plans to launch a basketball league in Europe, with a slated launch date of 2027....

3dDeutsche WelleSportsImpact

No cows allowed at French agricutural show

Europe's largest agricultural show in Paris will go ahead without cows this year, following an outbreak of lumpy skin disease in France that raised concerns about potential contamination, reports Laur...

4dFrance 24world_news

Syria: The man behind the mission to heal decade-old wounds in the Sunni majority

Since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024, one of the huge challenges the new government has faced is that of division. Syrian society is made up of different sectarian and ethnic groups -- t...

3dFrance 24Politics

Iran: Donald Trump says killings have halted after anti-government protests

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s been told "on good authority" that plans for executions in Iran have stopped. Tehran, on its end, has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in it...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Kurdish granted national language status in Syria

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in recent days. The decre...

1dFrance 24Politics

Syria and Kurdish forces agree to ceasefire, President Sharaa says

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a ceasefire agreement on Sunday with Mazloum Abdi, the chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, following the Syrian government's advance into Kurd...

11hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Iran calls for fast trials of protesters despite Trump’s warning

Iran's judiciary chief on Wednesday called for fast-track trials for detained protesters, despite US President Donald Trump's threat of "very strong action" if the Islamic republic goes ahead with exe...

4dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Not ‘Trump-compatible’? China expert Rudd exits Australia’s US ambassador role

Australia’s former prime minister and a prominent China scholar, Kevin Rudd, will step down as ambassador to the United States a year ahead of schedule, a move some analysts say underscores a fundamen...

5dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact