France will do everything it can to rebuild the overseas territory of Mayotte, which was devastated by Cyclone Chido, French President Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to the small group of islands in the Indian Ocean on Thursday. Cyclone Chido swept across Mayotte with winds reaching 220 kilometres per hour on Saturday, leaving a […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government on Thursday declared gender-based violence the nation’s most pressing security threat, with 100 women killed in the past four months alone, most of them by men who were known to them, including intimate partners. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi referred to the escalating crisis as “the elep

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday signalled openness to allowing the transit of non-Russian gas through his country to Central Europe. If a receiving country was able to guarantee that the gas is not of Russian origin and that Moscow is not profiting from the fuel, then there is a possibility to allow transits after […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday paid tribute to former German chancellor Helmut Kohl as a leading statesman during his annual press conference in Moscow. “He was a personality of international stature, not only because he was a big man, but also because of his deeds and convictions,” Putin said at the nationally televised e

Western air-defence systems are incapable of intercepting Russia’s new Oreshnik medium-range missile, President Vladimir Putin insisted on Thursday – before throwing down the gauntlet of a test duel. “There is no chance of shooting down these missiles,” Putin said in Moscow at his combined annual press conference and public