By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The president of Mali's transitional government signed a decree Tuesday dissolving political parties amid a backdrop of pro-democracy opposition, a minister in the government announced. The decision by Gen. Assimi Goita comes amid a surge ...
By DULUE MBACHU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso's junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore were plastered over Russian state media ...
By ZEKE MILLER, BASSEM MROUE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will ease sanctions on Syria and move to normalize relations with its new government to give the country "a chance at peace." Trump made the announcement ...
By WILSON MCMAKIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Taliban's acting ambassador to Iran has met with his Burkina Faso counterpart in the Iranian capital Tehran as part of a broader outreach effort by the West African country to win new trade partners, according to ...
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization on Tuesday found Russia responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives more than a decade ago, in a ruling that raises ...
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Preliminary results in Albania's parliamentary election on Tuesday gave a clear victory to the ruling Socialist Party, which attracted voters supporting the country's uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi ...
By LORNE COOK and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia's economy is under growing strain as its invasion of Ukraine drags on and Western sanctions are undermining President Vladimir Putin's ability to sustain his war, a leading European economist said after briefing finance ...
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is closely monitoring any attempts to undermine its peace initiative with the PKK, a senior official said Tuesday, following the militant Kurdish group's announcement that it is dissolving and ending its decades-long armed ...
By ZEKE MILLER, AAMER MADHANI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump signed a host of economic and bilateral cooperation agreements in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as he kicked off a four-day Middle East trip with a focus on dealmaking with a ...
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Global free trade is in crisis, the head of the World Trade Organization chief said Tuesday while meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba on Tuesday. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization, told Ishiba ...
