ARGUNGU, Nigeria — Drummers, dancers, fishermen, and government officials gathered Thursday in Argungu, in Kebbi State, as the Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival resumed for a second day, marking its return after a six-year suspension. The four-day festival, last held in 2020 before being halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to attract thousands...
DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Global airlines suspended flights across the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the region into a renewed military confrontation. Flight maps showed the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel and Bahrain virtually empty as Israel said it struck Iran and the...
MADRID/BARCELONA, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Spanish authorities rescued 41 migrants from two boats off the Balearic Islands on Friday, bringing to an end a search for three vessels that had been reported missing on the dangerous route between Algeria and the Mediterranean archipelago. Migrant rights group Walking Borders warned on Thursday that three boats carrying...
DAKAR, Feb 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. has lifted sanctions targeting three senior Malian officials for their relationship with Russia’s mercenary group Wagner, according to a notification from the Treasury Department, as bilateral relations improve. The Trump administration has brushed aside concerns about dealing with military-led governments in Africa’s Sahel region, aiming instead to focus...
KABUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Pakistani air strikes hit a weapons depot on the western outskirts of Kabul overnight, triggering hours of secondary explosions that rattled homes across the Afghan capital and left residents fearing further violence. The strikes were part of a sharp escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities, with the once-close allies...
Two-time Red Bull King of the Air champion converts kite into parachute for Friday’s impressive feat in UAE. Two-time Red Bull King of the Air champion Andrea Principi set two world records on Friday when he completed the highest drop from a structure with a kite and the most “Around the World” loops with six...
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Cuba criticized the U.S. government for allowing anti-Cuban groups to operate with impunity on Thursday, as Cuban exiles wounded in an apparent attack aboard a Florida-registered speedboat convalesced at a provincial Cuban hospital. The government in Havana said heavily armed Cuban nationals tried to infiltrate the country by...
MEXICO CITY, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday there was “no risk” to fans coming to the country for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, after violence erupted following the capture and death of Mexico’s most-wanted cartel leader, notably in Jalisco state. Sheinbaum said “all the guarantees” for safety were in...
Feb 25 (Reuters) – A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar missing since his release from a Buffalo jail into the custody of U.S. Border Patrol has been found dead on a downtown street, city authorities said on Wednesday. Police officers in the upstate New York city located the body of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56,...
KATHMANDU, Feb 26 (Reuters) – At a training centre in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, Rahul Pariyar carefully hooks his harness to a rope, learning the basic skills he will need for painting walls, cleaning high rises and other construction work in the United Arab Emirates. “I am not happy to leave my family back and go...
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