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Algeria has announced its official support of Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. El Hadi Ould Ali, Algeria’s minister of youth and sports, said his country had endorsed Morocco’s candidacy to hold the world’s foremost football event “with

A Palestinian farmer has been killed by Israeli artillery fire in Gaza, Palestinian officials say, hours before a major protest by Palestinians along the border is due to start. The strike happened near the town of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza.

After days of speculation, it has been confirmed that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has visited China. The visit, confirmed by China and North Korea, was Mr Kim’s first known foreign trip since taking office in 2011. Mr Kim held “successful

The son of Angola’s ex-President José Eduardo dos Santos has been formally accused of fraud over the alleged illegal transfer of $500m (£350m) from the central bank to the UK. José Filomeno dos Santos is also barred from leaving the country,

Egyptians began casting their ballots on Monday in a presidential election that will run over three days and is likely to keep President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in power. Sisi is running against just one other candidate, Mousa Mostafa Mousa, after several

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday strongly punted the idea of creating a single homogeneous currency for African countries in a bid to attract infrastructure investment and enable ease of intra-African trade. Speaking as a panelist on financing intra-Africa trade

three package bombs left on doorsteps in suburban neighborhoods have exploded in less than two weeks in Texas’ capital city, killing two people, wounding two others and leaving investigators vowing to look at any possible explanation for a motive. Police said

About 30 candidates for elections taking place in Mexico in July have already been murdered, Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete said Monday. Those targeted were mostly hoping to contest mayoral and regional parliamentary seats, according to Navarrete, with the southwestern state of