Kithure Kindiki Is Sworn In as Kenya's Deputy President
The former interior minister took office after a court lifted a suspension, but the impeachment of his predecessor is still being challenged in court.
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Traffickers capsize migrant boat off Comoros, killing at least 25, IOM says
Five survivors were rescued after the boat sank on a migration route between Anjouan and Mayotte, where thousands have died over decades.
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Santa Muerte leader and two others killed in León shooting
AP said eight more people, including two children, were wounded when gunmen opened fire at an altar during a celebration in Guanajuato.
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Two Warhol prints stolen in Dutch gallery raid
Thieves forced open a gallery door in Oisterwijk, took two Warhol Reigning Queens prints and damaged two more.
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Fiji parliament elects Naiqama Lalabalavu president after incumbent withdraws
Fiji’s parliament elected Speaker Naiqama Lalabalavu as president after incumbent President Wiliame Katonivere withdrew, according to RNZ.
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Brazil sentences two ex-police officers over Marielle Franco murder
The verdict brings prison terms of 78 and 59 years for the men convicted of carrying out the 2018 drive-by shooting in Rio de Janeiro.
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Botswana votes with diamonds, jobs and a long-ruling party on the line
Botswana’s national election puts the Botswana Democratic Party’s 58-year grip under pressure as voters weigh jobs, diamonds and change.
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UN Security Council approves Somalia mission transition with unanimous vote
The council unanimously backed a phased transition that renames UNSOM and sets a timetable for handing more responsibility to Somali institutions over the next two years.
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IG Metall begins warning strikes across Germany's metal and electrical industries
Germany's biggest industrial union has begun warning strikes in the metal and electrical sectors as pay talks continue amid pressure from Volkswagen's planned cuts.
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Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader after Nasrallah's killing
Hezbollah has promoted deputy leader Naim Qassem to secretary-general after the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, filling a leadership vacuum created by months of Israeli strikes.
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Israeli lawmakers approve ban on UN Palestinian refugee agency
The Knesset passed legislation restricting UNRWA operations, intensifying concern about aid delivery in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory.
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Iran executes German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd
Berlin has condemned the execution and says Tehran ignored repeated warnings about the fate of a German citizen.
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Liechtenstein Voters Strip State Funding From Public Radio
A narrow Alpine principality has voted to cut off its broadcaster's public funding, leaving Radio Liechtenstein with an uncertain future.
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Georgia president rejects election result and calls for protests
Salome Zurabishvili said she will not recognize the October 26 parliamentary result and accused the vote of being a Russian operation.
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Lithuanian Social Democrats win Seimas vote and move toward coalition talks
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Georgian opposition rejects early results and accuses ruling party of fraud
Opposition parties said the Georgian Dream victory was falsified after exit polls and early counting pointed to a win for the governing party.
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Georgia election turns into a test of Europe or Russia
About 3.5 million voters are choosing a new parliament in an election shaped by EU anger, anti-Western rhetoric and allegations of irregularities.
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Meade’s United Alliance wins Montserrat majority
Reuben Meade’s newly formed United Alliance won five of nine seats, enough to form the next government.
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Russian man charged with killing two Ukrainian soldiers in Bavaria
Prosecutors charged a Russian national with murder over the fatal stabbing of two wounded Ukrainian service members in Murnau.
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Armed protesters in Martinique push housing and living-cost anger into the streets
France has deployed forces to Martinique after protests over high prices escalated into armed clashes with police and fire crews.
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Norway plans to raise social media age limit to 15
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says the government wants to lift the minimum age for social media use in order to better protect children online.
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Trump campaign files FEC complaint over UK Labour volunteer activity
Donald Trump’s campaign has turned Labour-linked volunteer activity in the US into a new election-season dispute.
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Juvenile Taken Into Custody After Five Family Members Are Killed in Fall City Home
Authorities in King County, Washington, opened a homicide investigation after two adults and three children were found dead in a Fall City residence.
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Philippines court sentences 17 Abu Sayyaf members to life over Sipadan kidnappings
A court in Taguig convicted 17 Abu Sayyaf leaders and members over the 2000 kidnapping of 21 tourists from Sipadan, Malaysia.
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