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Colonel Assimi Goita, who has led two military coups in nine months, named country’s interim president. For the second time in less than a year, Mali’s military is back in power. Nine months after overthrowing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in the wake of mass anti-government protests, the army on Monday …

A State Dept official had previously said a goal of the aid structure was ‘reintroducing and reintegrating’ PA in Gaza. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has completed a tour of the Middle East, promising to work towards “equality” for Palestinians, while assuring Israel that its longtime support would …

In a visit to Kigali, the French president says his country asks Rwanda for forgiveness over its role in the 1994 killings. French President Emmanuel Macron, in a visit to Rwanda, has said France recognised its “responsibility” in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, asking for forgiveness for his country’s role but …

Qatar’s foreign minister says funds will go towards reconstruction following Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Qatar has pledged $500m to reconstruction in the besieged Gaza Strip, the Gulf state’s foreign minister announced, following a ceasefire that ended the worst fighting in years between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in the coastal …

US state department says Antony Blinken aims to cement Israel-Hamas ceasefire, but experts question long-term strategy. United States President Joe Biden has dispatched his top diplomat to the Middle East just days after an Egypt-brokered ceasefire was reached to end the Israeli military’s deadly 11-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the …

The incident comes as a fragile ceasefire holds in the besieged Gaza, days after the end of a 11-day Israeli bombing campaign. Some 50 Jewish settlers, flanked by heavily armed Israeli special forces, stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem in the early morning, hours after Palestinian worshippers …

Displaced Palestinian families start returning to destroyed homes in Gaza after ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. A ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding on Friday, but there have been tensions in occupied East Jerusalem where Israeli police stormed …

Israeli fighter jets continued to pummel the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, flattening residential buildings and raising the death toll to at least 227. The health ministry of Gaza said the dead included 64 children and 38 women. On the 10th day of the escalating violence, US President Joe Biden discussed …

Boris Johnson has been warned that the opportunities of Brexit are at stake amid a major Cabinet row over the Australia free trade deal. Ahead of a crunch meeting tomorrow, senior ministers are split over the issue of granting Australian farmers zero-tariff access, amid fears that lamb and beef imports …

Palestinians unite with a general strike to protest Israel’s bombardment of besieged Gaza as air raids continue. Dozens of air strikes pounded Gaza on Tuesday as US President Joe Biden expressed support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A new …