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The US military has met its goal of reducing the number of soldiers in Afghanistan to about 2,500 by Friday, a withdrawal that appears...

Nigerian authorities have warned against fake coronavirus vaccines in the country where 10 million real doses of the shots are expected to arrive in...

Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses secured by the African Union (AU) will be allocated according to countries’ populations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/15/african-union-vaccines-to-be-allocated-according-to-population

The United States has imposed more sanctions on companies in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates for doing business with the Islamic Republic...

Ethiopia and Sudan are warning each other against worsening an historic border dispute. They have fought over the fertile al-Fashaga region for a century. Although...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced parliamentary and presidential elections, the first in 15 years, will take place later this year in an effort to...

The Turkish and French presidents have exchanged letters in which they have agreed to resume talks aimed at mending ties. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/15/france-and-turkey-exchange-letters-to-improve-collaboration

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, China has steadily increased its direct lending to developing countries – often with draconian conditions attached. Debt moratoria during...

President-elect Joe Biden’s call to “build back better” after the pandemic is an invitation to renovate America’s outdated neoliberal version of capitalism. The more...