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RECOMMENDED Confederation proposal seeks to rekindle Israel-Palestine peace process ISRAEL-PALESTINE-CONFLICT In a landmark move, a Coptic Christian judge was appointed as head of Egypt’s highest court Wednesday for the very first time. Judge Boulos Fahmy is the 19th person to preside

Israeli police deployed NSO Group’s powerful Pegasus spyware to hack the phones of dozens of prominent Israeli public figures, including one of former President Benjamin Netanyahu’s sons, activists and senior government officials, an Israeli newspaper revealed Monday. The bombshell revelation is

U.S. troops in Poland are preparing to help American citizens who may flee to the country if Russia invades Ukraine, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the troops would not enter Ukraine to evacuate American

Mary Margaret Kreuper, a retired nun, admitted that she had broken her vow of poverty by stealing $835,000 (£616,000) from a California school where she worked to fund her gambling. Kreuper, 80, will spend a year and a day in prison

The Economic Community of West States (ECOWAS) has demanded the immediate release of deposed Burkinabe President, Christian Kabore,s and members of his government who are still in custody by the military junta in that country. This was after about some three

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must ensure civilian protection in the wake of recent deadly raids on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on February 2, 2022. “There is significant risk that

As of February 9, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,004,889 while over 218,397,031 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 242,151 and  9,946,755 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported

The United States has sanctioned Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, along with her nuclear family, for her involvement in significant corruption, marking the first public U.S. response to years of accusations of wrongdoing. According to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, dos