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Tanzania’s digital battlefield heats up ahead of election Amid crackdowns on dissent, a high-stakes struggle between government supporters and critics is under way. School children walk past a billboard for…

US kills 14 people in three strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats The string of strikes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean brings the total known death toll from the US bombing…

News Eleven killed in Kenya plane crash near Maasai Mara National Reserve Eight Hungarian and two German passengers were onboard, and the Kenyan pilot was also killed, Mombasa Air Safari…

Israel says return of misidentified body breaches Gaza deal, mulls response Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is deciding next steps after Hamas returned the remains of a previously recovered…

Palestinian grandparents care for 36 children orphaned by Israel in Gaza More than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both of their parents since Israel’s war on Gaza…

Ukraine calls for increased pressure on Russian oil Zelenskyy urges US to raise the pressure on Beijing over Russian energy purchases as Ukraine targets oil revenues. Zelenskyy’s call came as…

‘Ticking environmental bomb’: Water crisis worsens in Russia-annexed Donbas Residents say they do not have enough water for their basic needs while officials raise alarm as infections grow. A resident…

Campaigning begins in military-run Myanmar ahead of ‘sham’ elections The vote, which begins on December 28, is being widely viewed as a ploy to legitimise the ruling military government. Myanmar’s…

Record rains drive flooding in Vietnam, submerging ancient city Vietnam’s weather agency has recorded its highest level of rainfall for a 24-hour period in the historic city of Hue. Floodwaters…