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The Congolese armed forces are poorly equipped and underpaid, with the lowest-ranking soldiers earning just $87 per month
World
17.08.2024
DR Congo struggles to wipe out armed groups
Late Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, pictured in Mexico in 2008, won the Romulo Gallegos award in 1972
World
17.08.2024
Political clash mars esteemed Spanish-language literature prize
Muja has been at the zoo in Belgrade for 83 years, making him the world's oldest captive alligator
World
17.08.2024
World's oldest captive alligator marks 83 years in Belgrade zoo
Dario Messer is accused of leading an illegal foreign exchange, money-laundering and tax-evasion network that moved more than $1.6 billion from 2011 until his arrest
World
17.08.2024
Brazilian to surrender $190 mn in laundered money
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UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan becomes the first Gulf leader to reach a deal with Israel to normalise ties
World 17.08.2024
Mohamed bin Zayed: UAE strongman who normalised ties with Israel
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani warned that the country was paying a major instalment on the cost of peace by releasing 400 Taliban prisoners
World 17.08.2024
Taliban inmates danger 'to the world': Afghan president
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and the UAE ruler, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed
World 17.08.2024
Israel and UAE to normalise ties in 'historic' US-brokered deal
These statues guard the entrance to the Sudan National in Khartoum which is to get a face-lift after years of neglect
World 17.08.2024
Rundown Sudan National Museum to get face-lift
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) and Slovenian Foreign Minister Anze Logar (right), sign declaration to bar "untrusted" companies -- an apparent reference to Chinese telecoms giant Huawei -- from 5G systems
World 17.08.2024
US, Slovenia to 'exclude untrusted vendors' from 5G
Togo's long-time leader, Faure Gnassingbe, casting his vote in presidential elections in February
World 17.08.2024
Murder mystery challenges Togo's hardline government
Lebanese protesters make an abortive attempt to disupt a session of parliament at which it backed the emergency powers assumed by the government
World 17.08.2024
Lebanon lawmakers back emergency powers assumed after deadly blast
German payments giant Wirecard filed for insolvency in June after admitting that the 1.9 billion euros ($2.2 billion) missing from its accounts
World 17.08.2024
German businessman in Wirecard probe dies in Philippines
When Xiao Jia lost her sight as a teenager she was told the "respectable" career choice was to become a massage therapist, instead she found an industry rife with abuse and aggression, where women are afforded little protection
World 17.08.2024
Sexual abuse, assault: Grim prospects for China's blind women
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