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At least 227 migrants have been rescued off Spain's Canary Islands on Thursday, officials say, a day after deaths of more than 30 migrants were reported Emergency services say the Coast Guard the migrants were travelling on inflatable boats near the Lanzarote and Gran Canaria islands in the Atlantic. A number of them were taken to hospital to be treated for a "mild condition". On Wednesday, two charities said more […]
The US State Department has called for an "orderly and responsible" drawdown of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, known as Minusma, following Bamako's call for its departure "without delay". "We are concerned about the effects this decision will have on the security and humanitarian crises impacting the Malian people. We will continue to work with our partners in West Africa to help them tackle the urgent security and governance […]
Two nine-year-olds were among the 25,000 people forcibly sterilised in Japan under its post-World War Two eugenics law, a parliament report has revealed. The law, in place for 48 years, forced people to undergo operations to prevent them having children deemed "inferior". Many of them had physical or cognitive disabilities, or mental illness. The law is widely recognised as a dark chapter in Japan's post-war recovery and was repealed in […]
Paris has requested to attend a Brics summit scheduled to take place in South Africa in August, France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Monday. "We are thinking aloud - but this is obviously a decision that only the countries concerned can take - about the possibility of continuing this dialogue, why not at the Brics summit or in another format," she said following talks with her South African counterpart […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will open an international donors' conference on Sudan in Geneva today as a 72-hour ceasefire between the country's warring factions enters its second day. The UN is organising the event in conjunction with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Germany. The Qatari foreign ministry said on Sunday that the conference will “support the humanitarian response in Sudan and the region”. Sudan was meanwhile reportedly “completely calm” […]
Votes are being counted in Mali, following a referendum on a new constitution that maps out the process of returning the country to democratic civilian rule. The military leaders who seized power in 2021 have said they will hand over to an elected government next year. The revised constitution includes a new second parliamentary chamber to increase representation across Mali. Critics say it will leave the president with too much […]
Kenya and the European Union have sighed a trade deal which, once ratified, will give Kenya tariff-free access to the EU market. The deal is expected to enhance Kenya's economic development, with President William Ruto saying it "will stimulate Kenya's manufacturing and export of finished, value-added products out of Kenya". Trade Minister Moses Kuria termed it a “proud moment” for the country, after signing the EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Beijing for two days of meetings with Chinese officials. The trip marks the first visit by an American diplomat to China in almost five years. US officials say the main goal of the talks is to stabilise a relationship that has become extremely tense. It comes nearly five months after an earlier Blinken visit was postponed, following the flight of a […]
