ECOFEST 2025 in Dakar, Senegal focuses on how culture fosters resilience amid political crises in West Africa.
Fans of Europe’s annual song contest are fearing for its future after four countries announced they were boycotting.
Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of an Israeli-backed militia in Gaza has been killed.
The US military says it killed four people in an air strike on a suspected drug boat in in the Eastern Pacific.
Tens of thousands of Syrians have gathered in Hama to celebrate the first anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin as talks began on boosting trade.
Palestinians with a range of disabilities came together to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The FIFA World Cup 2026 draw takes place Friday in Washington, DC, where the trophy has been on display.
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The presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed the “Washington Accord” peace deal.
![US President Donald Trump (C) hosts the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (L) and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi (R) at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2025. [Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP] (AFP)](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AFP__20251204__876B4DQ__v1__HighRes__UsRwandaDrcDiplomacyTrump_cropped-1764876353.jpg?resize=270%2C152&quality=80)
Stalled Moscow talks with the US and Vladimir Putin offered little relief to Ukrainians reeling from years of war.
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Video captured an Israeli strike destroying a building in southern Lebanon, this time in al-Majadel.
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