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Gabon’s president is seeking a third term in elections this weekend that could extend his family’s 55-year political dynasty. The capital of Libreville, meanwhile, is bracing for a repeat of the violence that has marred balloting in the past. The central African nation’s 800,000-plus eligible voters are to elect local lawmakers, national assembly members and […]

North Korea criticized a meeting at Camp David among the United States, South Korea and Japan, as an “Asian version of NATO” and vowed to take “overwhelming and pre-emptive” action against the trilateral alliance, a senior defense official said. On Thursday, the same day North Korea failed to launch a spy satellite for the second […]

A brain-damaged English pastor in a coma can be denied treatment needed to keep him alive, a London judge ruled, saying it was “burdensome and futile” to continue kidney dialysis. The Pentecostal minister’s wife had appealed a decision by a Manchester area health authority to end his care, arguing with other family members that his […]

Ukraine on Thursday marked its second Independence Day since Russia’s full-scale invasion, with officials vowing to keep up their fight to drive out the Kremlin’s forces and local people remembering their fallen loved ones. The national holiday coincided with the war’s 18-month milestone, giving a somber mood to the commemorations. “We remember everyone who gave […]

North Korea’s second attempt to launch a spy satellite into space failed, the North’s space agency said. The unsuccessful attempt comes just three months after an initial try also failed. The North’s National Aerospace Development Administration said Thursday that it attempted use a new-type carrier rocket Chollima-1 to put the reconnaissance satellite Malligyong-1 into orbit […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for the first time regarding the reported death of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, expressing condolences. Putin made the remarks during a Thursday meeting with Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, a Russian-aligned Ukrainian separatist state. “As for the aviation tragedy, first of all, I want to […]

A German federal court said Thursday that it has rejected an appeal by a military officer who posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker and was convicted last of year of plotting to attack prominent politicians. The officer, who has been identified only as 1st Lt. Franco A. in line with German privacy rules, was convicted by […]

A 38-year-old Burmese hip-hop artist has been found guilty of criticizing Myanmar’s military-controlled government and sentenced to 20 years in prison, a family member said Thursday. The sentence given Wednesday to Byu Har, also known as Min Oat Myanmar, appeared to be the most severe so far given to any of the celebrities detained for […]

Rescue crews were searching for survivors Thursday after a building collapse in Nigeria’s capital left two people dead while many others are feared trapped, emergency officials said. The two-story building in the densely populated Garki district of the capital Abuja collapsed during a downpour late Wednesday, witnesses said. It served both as a shopping center […]

Authorities rescued several people at a popular tourist trail in Israel after an apparent rockslide left a child dead and others injured, officials said. Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority said Thursday that officials were still digging through the rubble for survivors after an avalanche of rocks tumbled onto the trail at the Ein Gedi Nature […]