1 hour ago French prime minister urges end to absurd political spectacle

Paris on Edge: The Reluctant Return of a Prime Minister and a Country Counting Down There is a peculiar hush in the cafés along the Seine this weekend — not the idle chatter of tourists, but a quieter, more taut silence. Patrons sip their espressos and scroll through their phones, hunting for the next twist […]

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3 d. ago Somali Family Builds Memorial for Traditional Leader Killed in US Drone Strike Near Badhan

Boosaaso (PP News Desk) — The family of Omar Abdullahi Abdi, who was killed in a US drone strike on… Sii akhri The post Somali Family Builds Memorial for Traditional Leader Killed in US Drone Strike Near Badhan appeared first on Puntland Post.

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3 d. ago German mayor found stabbed in apartment, police launch investigation

A Quiet Town Shaken: The Day Herdecke Stood Still On an ordinary autumn Tuesday, the small town of Herdecke—nestled in the green folds of Germany’s Ruhr and sandwiched between Hagen and Dortmund—felt anything but ordinary. At just before 1pm, the hush that usually settles over its winding streets and half-timbered houses was broken by the […]

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4 d. ago New French prime minister steps down hours after cabinet announced

The Day French Politics Tilted: A Cabinet Named, a Prime Minister Gone It began like a political movie with an abrupt, breathless cut: a freshly minted cabinet unveiled after weeks of talks, ministers posed for photographs under palace lights — and then, within hours, the man who assembled it had handed in his resignation. For […]

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5 d. ago Raysalwasaarihii Faransiiska oo xilka hayay wax bil ka yar ayaa is casilay

Raysalwasaarahii Faransiiska, Sébastien Lecornu, ayaa iscasilay saacado un kaddib markii golihiisa wasiirrada la shaaciyay. Qasriga Elysée ayaa ku dhawaaqay arrintaas kaddib kulan saacado qaatay oo uu Lecornu la yeeshay Madaxweynaha Emmanuel Macron subaxnimadii Isniinta. Tallaabadan lama filaanka ah waxay timid kaliya 26 maalmood kaddib magacaabistiisa oo daba socotay markii ay dhacday xukuumaddii uu hoggaaminayay François … The post Raysalwasaarihii Faransiiska oo xilka hayay wax bil ka yar ayaa is casilay appeared first on Oodweynenews.com Oodweyne News.

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5 d. ago Security Memorandum Signals Rift Between Puntland and Unionist Allies

Garowe (PP Editorial) — The Memorandum of Understanding on Security signed today in Nairobi by representatives from Puntland State and… Sii akhri The post Security Memorandum Signals Rift Between Puntland and Unionist Allies appeared first on Puntland Post.

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7 d. ago Russian strikes hit Ukrainian rail services, killing one and wounding 30

Smoke on the Platform: A Morning in Shostka After the Drones The air in Shostka tasted of metal and diesel the way winter tastes of coal — sharp, persistent, intrusive. At the town railway station, a carriage lay on its side like a fallen animal, its windows blown out, its blue-and-yellow seats singed. Smears of […]

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9 d. ago Internet and Mobile Phone Services Restored Across Afghanistan After Nationwide Outage

The Day the Network Died: Afghanistan’s Brief Digital Blackout and What It Felt Like On a gray morning in Kabul, the city woke up in silence—not the silence of dawn, but the odd, modern silence of a world suddenly unplugged. Phones that usually buzz with messages, money transfers and classroom links lay inert. Cafés that […]

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1 week ago Taliban internet shutdown plunges Afghanistan into nationwide telecommunications blackout

When the Signal Went Dark: Life and Loss in an Internet-Blackened Afghanistan There is a particular hush that falls over a city when its lifelines are torn out. In Kabul on a cool evening, the marketplaces—usually a kaleidoscope of voices, beeping phones, and the scent of simmering kebabs—felt oddly abandoned. Vendors stood beneath tarps, their […]

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1 week ago French court begins new trial over Air France Flight AF447 crash, 16 years later

A Sea of Names: The AF447 Tragedy Reopens in a Paris Courtroom There is a peculiar hush that settles over a courtroom when grief takes legal form. On a recent morning in Paris, that hush filled a tall, light-filled chamber as families rose in unison, standing shoulder to shoulder while a judge read aloud the […]

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1 week ago Keir Starmer Faces Mounting Pressure Before Crucial Labour Party Conference

Liverpool wakes, and the corridor conversations begin The city unfurls itself slowly beneath a damp, silver sky — red-brick terraces glistening, seagulls wheeling above the waterfront, and the distant hum of Scouse voices threading through the air. Delegates and journalists, draped in lanyards and rainproofs, spill out of hotels and down to the cavernous conference […]

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2 w. ago SOMALIA: AU Appeals for $196 Million to Support Somalia’s Security Transition

African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has appealed to international partners for 196 million USD in funding for 2025 to support the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), warning that without urgent financial support, Somalia's hard-won gains could be reversed.

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2 w. ago Multiple killed as Israeli strikes hit Houthi targets in Yemen

Sanaa in Smoke: A City Wakes to the Sound of Bombs At dawn, the whitewashed mud-brick skyline of Yemen’s capital looked, for a moment, like any other morning in a city that has learned to wear resilience like a second skin—minarets cut against the pale light, tomatoes piled at the market, the scent of freshly […]

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2 w. ago France formally recognizes Palestinian state at UN General Assembly

In a New York room full of history, France plants a flag The United Nations building sat beneath an autumn sky as if holding its breath. Delegations shuffled papers. Flashbulbs popped. Inside that cavern of diplomacy, French President Emmanuel Macron stood and did something that rippled far beyond the marble and glass: he announced that […]

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3 w. ago Zelensky reports three people killed in Ukraine by Russian strikes

A Dawn of Sirens: When the Sky Became a Theater of War On a humid morning that began like any other for many Ukrainians, the sky turned into a stuttering nightmare. Air-raid sirens clawed through the streets of Kyiv, smoke rose in the distance, and within hours officials counted what they described as one of […]

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3 w. ago Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza City amid mass Palestinian displacement

Night Moves: Gaza City’s Last Quiet Before Another Storm The night in Gaza City is a fragile thing now—halting, punctured, threaded with a metallic scent that clings to clothing and memory. Tanks growl on the outskirts, distant at first and then alarmingly near, their blasts folding the dark into flashes that light up families crouched […]

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3 w. ago Russian Jets Allegedly Breach Estonia’s Airspace, Sources Say

When the Sky Stops Being Neutral: Jets, Drones and the New Face of European Pressure On a clear morning over the Baltic, the thread of routine that ties a small nation to its skies was snapped. Estonia’s air traffic controllers recorded three MiG-31 fighter jets crossing into their airspace without permission, lingering for twelve minutes […]

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3 w. ago Questions Raised Over US Drone Strike That Killed Somali Elder Near Badhan

Badhan (PP News Desk)  — The killing of a prominent Somali elder in a United States drone strike near Badhan… Sii akhri The post Questions Raised Over US Drone Strike That Killed Somali Elder Near Badhan appeared first on Puntland Post.

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3 w. ago French unions launch nationwide strikes over austerity, intensifying pressure on Macron

When the Streets Decide Budgets: France’s Vast Wave of Anti-Austerity Anger There is a particular sound to a country that’s had enough: the clatter of placards, the chant that ebbs and returns, the metallic ping of a shutter pulled down by a nervous shopkeeper. On a cool day that smelled of smoke and coffee, hundreds […]

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3 w. ago Gaza death toll from Israeli strikes surpasses 65,000, officials report

Gaza City on the Move — and the People Who Refuse to Be Moved The morning felt like any other across much of Gaza City — the air heavy with dust, the distant thud of shells like a monstrous, tragic heartbeat — until new leaflets fluttered down from the sky with instructions: leave. For 48 […]

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