Mike Pence enters 2024 Republican presidential race

This file photo shows Former US Vice-President Mike Pence speaks at a campus lecture hosted by Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, on April 12, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON - Former US Vice-President Mike Pence on Monday declared himself a candidate in the...

US, Saudi Arabia urge cease-fire in Sudan

People board a bus to leave Khartoum, Sudan, June 3, 2023, as fighting between the Sudanese Army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensified. (PHOTO /AP) KHARTOUM / CAIRO - Saudi Arabia and the United States on Sunday urged the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to reach...

Prince Harry set for London court appearance

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex waves as he arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London on March 28, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON - Prince Harry is expected to appear at London's High Court on Monday as he prepares to give evidence in...

Surveillance still a concern 10 years after Snowden leaks

Revelations have deep impact on businesses, govts, tech industry Edward Snowden speaks from Russia during a Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg, France, in March 2019. (PHOTO / AFP) Ten years ago this month, Edward Snowden disclosed to the media United States government intelligence programs that used extensive internet and...

Ugandan president: 54 peacekeepers killed in Somalia

In this photo dated June 4, 2021, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni gives a speech at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. (PHOTO / AFP) KAMPALA - Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni late Saturday said 54 of the country's peacekeeping troops were killed in a deadly attack last week in southwest Somalia....

Russia to keep missile launch notifications under 1988 deal

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov delivers a speech during a session of the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on March 2, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) VLADIVOSTOK - Russia will continue to provide notifications of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) launches under the relevant 1988...

AU Commission calls for end to violence in Senegal

Senegalese Gendarmerie block a road after protests burned tires and blocked roads in Dakar, on June 3, 2023. This comes two days after a court in Senegal sentenced opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years in prison on charges of "corrupting youth" but...