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Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, was released from jail late Thursday ahead of the country’s presidential election scheduled for March 24, his lawyer said. Sonko and his key ally, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were both set free, his lawyer Bamba Cisse told The Associated Press. Supporters gathered at Sonko’s house …

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Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar warned Thursday that Kosovo’s ban on usage of the Serbian dinar could trigger “an emerging humanitarian issue” for the country’s ethnic Serb minority. Escobar stressed that the issue must be addressed “immediately,” and that it “has caused some real hardship for some of …

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Somali extremist group al-Shabab said its fighters have attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, where a loud explosion and gunfire were heard Thursday night. UNITED STATES INCREASING ASSISTANCE TO SOMALIA IN MILITARY OFFENSIVE AGAINST AL-SHABAB Al-Shabab said on its Telegram channel that its fighters …

Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday adopted a non-binding resolution saying Russia should return gold and other valuable heritage items to Romania that were sent to Moscow during World War I for safekeeping, a Romanian lawmaker said. During World War I, the kingdom of Romania sent by railroad 91.5 …

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister in the face of U.S. pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority as part of Washington’s postwar vision for Gaza. Mohammad Mustafa, a U.S.-educated economist and political independent, will head a technocratic government in the …

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A dozen countries across Africa suffered a major internet outage on Thursday as multiple undersea telecommunication cables reported failures, network operators and internet watch groups said. The MTN Group, one of Africa’s largest network providers, said the ongoing disruptions were a result of failures in multiple major undersea cables. “Our …

Geert Wilders voiced frustration and deemed it constitutionally wrong that he had to abandon his aspirations to become prime minister. Wilders relinquished his bid for prime minister due to insufficient support from all three parties involved in coalition negotiations. The official overseeing the coalition talks proposed what he called a …

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A young Belarusian woman who died after being attacked and raped in central Warsaw has been laid to rest Thursday, with both loved ones and strangers turning out to mourn the loss of a young woman who escaped a difficult family life to seek a better future. Lizaveta Hertsen, 25, …

Croatia’s parliament was dissolved on Thursday to pave the way for a parliamentary election later this year. All 143 of a total of 151 lawmakers who were present at the session voted in favor of the move. ALBANIAN HIGH COURT ORDERS PROSECUTORS TO REOPEN PROBE INTO PROTESTERS’ DECADE-OLD KILLINGS The …

When Oleg Bazylewicz, an artist and writer, signed up for military duty on the day that Russia invaded his native Ukraine, he readied the two things he valued most – his watercolors and his block flute, a musical instrument. At the front, the first lieutenant who serves as the deputy …

Survivors rescued from a deflating rubber dinghy in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey, the humanitarian rescue group SOS Mediterranee said Thursday. The European charity’s ship Ocean Viking spotted the dinghy with …

Ukraine fired at least eight missiles at Russia’s Belgorod border region, killing two people and wounding 12, local officials said Thursday, as Kyiv’s forces apparently kept up efforts to rattle the Kremlin on the eve of Russia’s presidential election that is taking place amid a ruthless crackdown on dissent. Also, …

An 80-year-old former Stasi officer has gone on trial for the killing of a Polish man at a Berlin border crossing 50 years ago. The suspect, unnamed due to German privacy rules, faces murder charges before the Berlin state court. Prosecutors recounted events from March 29, 1974, when a Polish …

The Biden administration imposed sanctions on three Israeli settlers in the West Bank accused of harassing and attacking Palestinians. The sanctions also targeted two farms run by the settlers, escalating tensions between the U.S. and Israel. Biden previously issued an executive order targeting Israeli settlers accused of violence in the …

A high court in Japan on Thursday said the country’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, ruling on a matter that has divided lower levels of the judiciary and put the conservative government at odds with shifting public opinion. Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven industrialized …