Seven years ago, amid extravagant celebrations marking the African Union’s 50th anniversary, the continent’s heads of state declared they would “end all wars in Africa by 2020.” But as leaders travel to Addis Ababa this weekend for the latest summit of the 55-member bloc—organised…

Elizabeth Warren’s path to victory may have to go through fellow progressive Bernie Sanders. And after Sanders’ strong showing in Iowa, that…

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric yesterday condemned recent deadly attacks on anti-government demonstrators, chastising security forces for not doing more…

A British woman who travelled to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State yesterday lost the first round of her legal challenge against a decision to revoke her citizenship. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) ruled that the government decision to strip 20-year-old Shamima Begum of…

The Russian army yesterday accused Israel of using a civilian plane carrying 172 passengers as a shield against Syrian anti-aircraft fire while carrying out air strikes near Damascus. Israel’s air force hit targets in the capital area at dawn on Thursday sparking a Syrian riposte, Russia’s…

French President Emmanuel Macron warned yesterday that European nations “cannot remain spectators” in the face of a potential nuclear arms…

HUNGARY REOPENS PROTEST-HIT BORDER POST WITH SERBIA AFP, Budapest Hungarian police reopened a border crossing with Serbia yesterday, a day after hundreds of migrants ended a protest demanding entry into Hungary. The protest came a week after dozens of people tried to get into Hungary at another Serbian…