Nigerian authorities hold emergency meeting on planned protests
FILE – Nigerians protest against high cost of living and massive suffering following a hike in fuel prices and devaluation of the naira, in Abuja, Nigeria, Feb. 27, 2024. The government has taken some steps to alleviate the situation, but more protests are planned for August.
Malawi welcomes first fuel train in two decades
FILE – A tanker offloads fuel at a Petroda filling station in Lilongwe, Malawi, October 1, 2021. A trainload of diesel fuel arrived July 23, 2024, in Malawi for the first time in 21 years, signaling the end of shortages.
FBI: Would-be assassin was fixated on Trump, studied earlier high-profile killing
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House committee about the July 13 shooting of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Capitol Hill, July 24, 2024.
Harris was never ‘border czar,’ experts say, despite Republican claims
FILE – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a meeting with government officials and corporate leaders on the root causes of migration from Central America, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Feb. 6, 2023.
After Biden quits presidential race, Trump, other Republicans demand he resign
FILE – President Joe Biden walks out of the room after speaking in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Aug. 24, 2021.
Russia convicts 2nd American journalist in secret trial
FILE – Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service, attends a court hearing in Kazan, Russia, April 1, 2024.
Top Chinese university fires professor after student accused him of sexual harassment
People past near the logo for Renmin University outside the main campus in Beijing, July 22, 2024. A PhD student at Renmin University accused her supervisor of molesting her and taking revenge after being rejected.
Police, troops block Ugandan opposition headquarters ahead of protests
FILE – National Unity Party leader Bobi Wine addresses the media at his home in Magere, Uganda, Jan. 15, 2021. The opposition party’s headquarters in the capital Kampala were sealed off on Monday ahead of planned anti-government protests.
US Secret Service chief set for grilling by Congress over Trump shooting
FILE – US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Jan. 24, 2023.
US, Japan to hold security talks on July 28
FILE – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa speak as they wait for group photo session during the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Iikura Guest House, Nov. 8, 2023, in Tokyo.