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The Qassam Brigades releases the one-minute video, titled Don’t Let Us Grow Old Here, on its Telegram account. Hamas has posted a video of three elderly Israeli captives pleading for their immediate release. The Palestinian group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, posted the one-minute video, titled Don’t Let Us Grow …

The C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, met in Warsaw on Monday with Israeli and Qatari officials for talks aimed at restarting hostage and prisoner exchanges, according to U.S. officials. Under a weeklong truce between Israel and Hamas last month, 105 hostages were freed in exchange for the release of 240 …

Juana María Quispe, a small farmer from the community of Sachac in the Andes highlands of the Peruvian department of Cuzco, is thrilled to see water flowing through a hose from the natural springs that have been revived through community work by building rustic dams, allowing the community’s 200 families …

Ohanaeze says Igbos across the country have pledged to support President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has declared the support of the Igbos for President Bola Tinubu, saying members of the ethnic group across the country have accepted him as the President of the …

This includes one senatorial seat, 11 federal constituencies, and 22 state constituencies awaiting representation. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is eyeing Thursday, February 1st, 2024, as the probable date for a bye-election.

The first council elections in a decade are expected to strengthen the grip of pro-Iran groups. Iraqis are headed to the polls to elect provincial councils for the first time in 10 years, with thousands vying for seats in the powerful assemblies. Ballots will be cast in 15 of Iraq’s …

North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile off its east coast on Monday, its first long-range missile test since July, the South Korean military said. The missile was fired from near Pyongyang, the North’s capital, flying high into space before landing 620 miles to the east in waters between the …

Tinubu cautioned Nigerians against taking undue advantage of the harsh economic situation to exploit their fellow citizens. President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians not to use the current economic situation in the country to make unfair profits.

Kenya’s foreign ministry says it ‘strongly disassociates’ with a DRC opposition figure who forged an alliance with rebels in Nairobi. Kenya has “strongly disassociated” itself from a Congolese opposition figure who forged an alliance with rebels in Nairobi, spurring a diplomatic row with Kinshasa. The Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs …

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, International Organisation for Migration’s Libya office quotes survivors as saying the boat was carrying around 86 people. At least 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a “tragic” shipwreck off Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says. The organisation’s Libya office early on Sunday …