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President Donald Trump announced Sunday he would end all US payments and subsidies to Colombia, marking a dramatic escalation in his back-and-forth with the country’s president, Gustavo Petro. President Donald Trump and President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Diego Cuevas/Getty ImagesWest Palm Beach, Florida —  Trump said in a post to social media that Petro “does nothing to stop” the production of …

Israel says it has “begun renewed enforcement” of the ceasefire, hours after carrying out a “wave of strikes” on Gaza, and both sides accused each other of breaching the deal The IDF earlier said Hamas “fired an anti-tank missile and gunfire toward IDF troops” near Rafah, killing two – but the group says it is unaware of any clashes there Hamas has said Israel …

Dozens of troops and civilians were killed in a fresh round of border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials on both sides of the frontier said, as clashes entered their second week. Violence between the two neighbours has flared since explosions in Afghanistan last week, including two in the capital Kabul, that were blamed on Pakistan. Armed Taliban …

•Promises renewed focus on tracing such flows to plug fiscal leakages•Upgrades Nigeria’s 2025 economic growth forecast to 3.9%•Cites stronger domestic fundamentals•Calls for credible fiscal, monetary policies•Downgrades global economic growth forecast to 2.8% The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has decried Illicit Financial Flows, IFFs out of Nigeria, noting that it was contributing to the worsening revenue problem of the country. The …

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, family sources have told the BBC. Odinga died on Wednesday while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in India. He collapsed during a morning walk and was taken to Devamatha Hospital, which said he had suffered a cardiac arrest. It said he did not respond to resuscitation …

The colonel also disclosed that the military was dissolving all institutions except the lower house of parliament. The army in Madagascar has seized control of the government following a parliamentary vote to remove the President, Andry Rajoelina, who has also fled the country. Al Jazeera reports that a military colonel, Michael Randrianirina, announced the takeover on Tuesday, standing in front of the …

The video grab, estimated to have been filmed in November 2023, shows Bipin Joshi in Hamas captivity.Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters Family of deceased Nepali hostage once shown in video had “faith and hope” he was alive Bereaved relatives of Bipin Joshi – a deceased hostage who was shown alive in a Hamas video after he was taken on …

Israeli authorities have notified the United Nations that the amount of humanitarian trucks expected to be allowed into Gaza will be reduced or delayed due to the limited number of deceased hostages so far released by Hamas, a UN spokesperson said Tuesday. Olga Cherevko, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Gaza, was …

That is – and has been – the hope of Ukraine and Europe for months. During US President Donald Trump’s ebullient speech to Israel’s Knesset, he made it clear that elusive peace in Ukraine is his next priority, and that of his special envoy Steve Witkoff. And that this was a goal Trump had hoped would have proven easier than what he …

Dangote Cement has commenced full operations in Côte d’Ivoire with the official opening of its new cement plant in Attingué, about 30 kilometres from Abidjan. The Managing Director of Dangote Cement Côte d’Ivoire, Serge Gbotta, announced the development at a launch event held at the Novotel Abidjan-Marcory, describing the project as “a symbol of confidence in the future of Côte …