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Gunmen kill 12, abduct women and children in Nigerian village

- August 03, 2026

By Reuters | Posted by TOE Armed men killed at least 12 people and abducted women and children during a night ‌attack on a village in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, witnesses said. Six members of one family burned to death after ‌the attackers set fire ⁠to their house, ⁠one resident told Reuters. The gunmen entered the village of Lajinge around 11 p.m. on Saturday and attacked residents until about 3 a.m. on Sunday, locals ⁠said. The region ⁠has seen frequent attacks by heavily armed gangs, known as bandits, who raid villages, kidnap residents ‌for ransom and steal livestock. “They killed at least 12 people, injured four others, abducted women and ⁠children after rustling many livestock,” resident Auwal Hassan told Reuters by phone. Police ⁠were ‌investigating and would provide ⁠updates later, Sokoto force spokesperson ‌Ahmed Rufai said. The attack comes ⁠a week after bandits killed at least 24 farmers in neighbouring Zamfara state. from The...

At least nine killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza

- August 02, 2026

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Steven Scheer Reuters | Posted by TOE Israeli airstrikes continued in Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least nine Palestinians, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a breakthrough in efforts ‌to implement last year’s Gaza ceasefire agreement. Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday that there was no deal to ‌halt attacks on Gaza and that he saw a need for Israel, which already controls 70% of the Strip, to take full control of it. Cohen is a member of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s security cabinet, a small circle of ministers that oversees security and diplomatic policy. Palestinian health officials said Israeli warplanes carried out separate strikes across the enclave in the northern Gaza City, central city of Deir al-Balah, and the southern area of Khan Younis. A man and his wife were killed and four people were wounded in an airstrike on an apartment in Deir al-Balah, whi...

Yemen’s Houthis deny plan to charge ships transiting Red Sea

- August 01, 2026

By Reuters | Posted by TOE Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime ⁠coordination ⁠body denied on ⁠Saturday that it planned to impose fees on commercial ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb ‌strait, saying no such ‌decision had been taken and that passage ⁠through ⁠the strategic waterway remained free. The statement follows a Reuters report on Wednesday, citing regional sources, that the Iran-aligned Houthis were considering imposing fees on ships sailing through the southern Red Sea, a week ⁠after ⁠declaring a maritime blockade ⁠on Saudi Arabia. The sources in the Reuters report had said the proposal ⁠on fees was discussed with Iranian officials during a visit to Tehran by Houthi officials in July, although no timeframe for implementation ⁠had been decided. The Houthi-run Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOCC) said its “safe ⁠transit service was a voluntary and cost-free service”. “The HOCC categorically confirms that any individual or ent...

Hamas agrees to deal for disarmament, Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza

- July 31, 2026

By Jay DESHMUKH AFP | Posted by TOE Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a deal announced by US President Donald Trump to end the war with Israel, that includes it handing over its weapons to a Palestinian governing committee and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. Israel did not immediately comment on the announcement, but shortly beforehand an Israeli political source had told AFP the proposed agreement did not “satisfactorily” address Israeli demands for the full demilitarisation of the Gaza Strip. The source also said that “the issue of Gaza did not come up at all” in this week’s meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Trump in Washington. The Palestinian Islamist group’s weapons have been one of the key sticking points in implementing a ceasefire deal in place since October, but Trump announced late Thursday an agreement for Hamas’s “complete disarmament”, calling it a critical st...

Hundreds of migrants flood into Spain’s Ceuta exclave from Morocco

- July 31, 2026

By Lucía DIAZ AFP | Posted by TOE Madrid said on Thursday it would despatch soldiers to Ceuta to ensure security after hundreds of migrants entered Spain’s north African exclave from neighbouring Morocco and hundreds more headed there. The Spanish government’s delegation in the enclave told AFP that the bodies of nine migrants who died while trying to reach Ceuta by swimming had been recovered. Migration from Morocco into Spain’s two north African territories, Ceuta and Melilla, has long been a politically sensitive issue between the two countries, as thousands cross the border at times. Italy called on Thursday for Spain to be suspended from Europe’s open-borders Schengen zone, prompting a backlash from Spain, which summoned the Italian envoy to Madrid. AFP reporters saw a stream of adults and children, most of them soaked, entering the town of Ceuta after having swum there. Discarded flotation rings and clothes were discarded on the shore n...

Congo, Rwanda spar over protocol to disarm Rwandan rebels

- July 30, 2026

By Reuters | Posted by TOE Congo said a Rwandan armed group operating in eastern Congo had signed a protocol committing to ‌disarmament, but Rwanda rejected the move as inconsistent with a U.S.-brokered ‌peace agreement between the two countries. • Congo’s government said the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a group founded by ethnic Hutu fighters including some linked to the perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, had signed a protocol on disarmament, demobilisation and cantonment. • The FDLR is a central issue in a peace deal signed by Congo ‌and Rwanda in Washington ⁠last year aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Congo. The agreement commits the parties to implement a plan providing for ⁠the neutralisation of the FDLR and the disengagement of Rwandan forces in eastern Congo, making progress on the group a key test of the deal. • Rwanda has long accused Congo of cooperating with the group, while Kinshasa accuses Kigali of backin...

Uganda declares itself free of Ebola as Congo continues to struggle with it

- July 29, 2026

BY RODNEY MUHUMUZA REUTERS | POSTED BY TOE Authorities in Uganda declared the East Africa nation free of Ebola on Tuesday following the discharge of the country’s last patient in mid-June, a delicate milestone as the virus continues to plague neighboring Congo. Uganda has maintained since the outset that its cases were linked to the larger outbreak in eastern Congo’s remote province of Ituri, which borders Uganda. The first cases in Uganda were Congolese who crossed the border to seek treatment for an unknown illness before it was known they had Ebola, health authorities have said. After what health officials believe was weeks of transmission, Congo announced its outbreak on May 15, the same day that Uganda confirmed two Ebola cases — including a man who had already died. While a total of 20 cases were reported in Uganda, health authorities say there is currently no indication of further spread within the country. The ...

At least 30 killed in village attack in Nigeria’s Kaduna state

- July 28, 2026

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN, Associated Press Gunmen attacked a community in northwestern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people and injuring several others, residents said Monday, in the latest violence in the conflict-hit region. The attack occurred late Sunday night in the Naridon village in Kaduna state’s Kaura council area, said Derek Christopher, chairman of the civil society group Southern Kaduna Peace and Security Network. “The same community was attacked last year around this time,” Christopher said in a statement, suggesting that the government has abandoned any intention of protecting the area from attacks by armed groups. “I don’t know who these people have left to fight for them,” he said. Raphael Joshua, a resident who was helping the injured, told The Associated Press that bodies of the victims had been deposited at a nearby hospital and that arrangements were being made for their burials. The commissioner for home affairs and internal security in Kaduna Stat...

Five Bosnian climbers confirmed dead on Russia’s Mount Elbrus

- July 27, 2026

By Reuters | Posted by TOE Five Bosnian climbers died on Russia’s Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, ‌after being caught in a violent storm, but the ‌bodies of three people have not yet been evacuated due to bad weather, RIA Novosti reported on Sunday citing Russian authorities. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry has said rescuers evacuated the bodies of two dead climbers who were located on the mountain at an altitude of ‌5,350 metres (17,550 feet), after ⁠first saving two other climbers who were evacuated from the mountain and taken for medical ⁠care. The regional branch of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said rescuers had recovered the bodies of three more deceased climbers but that they have not yet been evacuated due to ‌bad weather, RIA Novosti reported. Though the Russian authorities did not specify their nationality, the regional law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti the climbers who died on Elbrus came from Bosnia...

US holds fire against Iran as reports emerge of stockpile concerns

- July 26, 2026

By AFP | Posted by TOE Iran passed another night without US airstrikes on Sunday, as Washington paused a war nearing its fifth month and reports emerged that concerns over dwindling munitions were restraining plans for further escalation. The lull has revived hopes of a return to negotiations after nearly two weeks of consecutive nightly US bombardments, although US media reported the pause could also reflect pressure on stockpiles of Patriot interceptors and other defensive weapons. Fighting over the strategic Strait of Hormuz derailed diplomatic efforts between Washington and Tehran, but the conflict then expanded beyond the vital energy corridor to include attacks on US bases, regional shipping and Gulf allies. Iran’s army warned on Sunday that the war would widen even further if the US chose to press ahead with attacks, ahead of a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington on Tuesday. “If the Americans once again fall for the Zi...

Kazakh leader tells Putin war should end, Ukraine launches fresh strikes

- July 26, 2026

By AFP | Posted by TOE Ukrainian drones struck a Siberian oil refinery in a fresh wave of strikes Saturday, as Kazakhstan’s president told Russia’s Vladimir Putin the Ukraine war should end during a forum in Siberia’s Omsk. In occupied Ukraine, Russian-installed authorities said a Ukrainian strike had killed 12 people at a seaside “tourist camp”, as well as one more in a Moscow-held town and two in Russian border villages. Kyiv said Russian attacks had killed five people in eastern and southern Ukraine, and two crew members were missing after a Russian strike on a cargo ship carrying corn. The deaths come as the UN has warned of civilians dying in larger numbers recently in the almost 4.5-year war. Moscow said Ukraine — which has intensified its retaliatory strikes — launched more than 300 drones into Russia Saturday, including on far-flung regions. The governor of Siberia’s Tyumen region said a l...

Suicide bomber, gunmen attack security post in northwest Pakistan, killing 15 security personnel

- July 25, 2026

By Associated Press | Posted by TOE A suicide bomber backed by gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing 15 members of the security forces, the military said Friday. In a statement, the military said troops repelled the overnight assault in Tank, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and killed 12 militants. The military blamed the attack on the Pakistani Taliban , known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP. The group is separate from but allied with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers. Pakistan has long accused Afghanistan’s Taliban government of providing sanctuary to TTP militants, an allegation Kabul denies. There was no immediate comment from the group. According to the military, the attackers attempted to storm the checkpoint but were pushed back by security forces before ramming an explosives-laden vehicle into the perimeter wall, triggering a powerful blast that severely damaged the checkpoint. The military said those ...

At least 24 killed in bandit attack in northwest Nigeria

- July 24, 2026

By Ahmed Kingimi Reuters Armed bandits riding motorcycles killed at least 24 farmers and wounded several others in an ‌attack on remote farming villages in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents told Reuters on Thursday. The attackers stormed communities in the Sauna district ‌of the Talata Mafara local ⁠government area at ⁠about 1300 GMT on Tuesday and opened fire on people working on their farms, residents told Reuters. “They killed at least 24 innocent farmers. We are still counting the losses,” resident ⁠Auwal Sani said by ⁠phone. Zamfara is at the centre of a security crisis in Nigeria’s northwest, where armed gangs locally known as ‌bandits frequently raid villages, kidnap residents for ransom and steal livestock. Residents said the gunmen travelled nearly 50 km (31 ⁠miles) along the Mayanchi-Anka highway, a key trade route, before reaching Sauna without encountering security ⁠forces. Police and ‌military authorities were not ⁠immediately avai...

Congo says more than 1,000 die of Ebola, confirmed cases rise to 2,536

- July 23, 2026

BY AP | POSTED BY TOE More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to Africa’s top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community resistance and an uneven response fuel its spread. Speaking at a health summit in Ghana on Wednesday, Dr. Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said 1,031 deaths have been confirmed. “These are people dying. They are dying because we don’t have vaccines, we don’t have medicine, we don’t have funding,” he added. The latest update from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed that as of Monday, 2,473 cases had been recorded in the latest outbreak. At least 737 patients were in isolation or hospitalized, it said. The outbreak, which was declared on May 15, is unlike most previous Ebola outbreaks because the Bundibugyo virus responsible for it has no approved vaccines or treatments. It h...

Ukraine gets new top commander as protests spark war’s biggest military shake up

- July 22, 2026

BY HANNA ARHIROVA AP | POSTED BY TOE President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday named a young major general, Mykhailo Drapatyi, as the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s military after days of street protests, marking the biggest shake-up in the country’s military ‌leadership since its war with Russia began. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces and named his replacement, following days of mass protests in Kyiv, the country’s capital, and other cities across the nation demanding his removal. It was the second major change Zelenskyy has made under street pressure, after protests last summer forced him to undo a law weakening Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdogs. Zelenskyy appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new army chief , according to a statement on social media. “Our shared wish is one — victory over the enemy and conditions at the front a...

Mali insurgents ambush army convoy, source says more than 50 killed

- July 21, 2026

By Reuters | Posted by TOE Militants linked to al Qaeda and a Tuareg-led separatist group ambushed a military convoy in northern Mali over the weekend, and a source close to the rebels said more than 50 soldiers and allied Russian fighters were killed and others taken hostage. The attack marked the latest in a series of escalating assaults by the two groups, which joined forces for nationwide attacks in April that killed the defence minister and hit the airport in the capital Bamako, and launched a second wave this month aimed at seizing the town of Anefis. The incident occurred on Saturday between Anefis and the city of Gao in the north, according to statements from Mali’s armed forces, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), and the al Qaeda-linked group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM). Mali’s army said the ambush happened in the Tabrichat area and was followed by retaliatory airstrikes that killed at least 20 insurgents. The FLA statement said ...

Kyiv hit with deadly strikes after attack on Russian e-commerce giant

- July 19, 2026

By AFP | Posted by TOE Russian strikes killed one person and wounded 13 others in Ukraine’s capital on Sunday after Kyiv launched a deadly wave of drones that struck e-commerce warehouses in Russia. The latest bombardment highlights a dual challenge for Ukraine in its fifth year of war, facing almost daily Russian attacks alongside rare domestic political instability triggered by a sudden wartime shakeup of its military leadership. AFP journalists in Kyiv heard explosions moments after the Ukrainian air force warned residents via Telegram of incoming ballistic missiles. One of the explosions was so powerful it set off alarms of cars parked in the city centre, an AFP journalist said. Ukraine’s state emergency services said on Telegram that one person was killed and 13 others wounded in the attack that police said had targeted six districts. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and local authorities, an apartment building in the Solomianskyi distri...

Israeli strikes kill Palestinians attending Gaza funeral for earlier strike victim

- July 18, 2026

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Enas Alashray Reuters An Israeli airstrike killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded 20 attending a funeral in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Friday for a person killed by another Israeli strike on ‌the area earlier in the day, Gaza health officials said. Those deaths, along with at least three Palestinians killed in separate Israeli airstrikes elsewhere in the enclave, brought Friday’s toll to at least 12, medics said. Hamas condemned the Nuseirat strike as a “brutal massacre” against mourners and urged mediators, as well as the United Nations, to act to halt Israeli attacks in Gaza. Asked about the attack ⁠in Nuseirat, the Israeli military said it struck a cell belonging to the Islamic Jihad militant group, which holds sway in parts of the enclave along with Hamas. The military said it was “aware of the claims that several uninvolved individuals were harmed as a result of the strike”. ISRA...

Uganda discharges last Ebola patient, starts countdown to be virus-free

- July 17, 2026

By DPA | Posted by TOE Uganda discharged its last Ebola patient – a citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo who has fully recovered – the Ugandan Health Ministry said on Thursday on X. It said the Congolese patient can now return home. The discharge triggered a 42-day period required under international guidelines after which Uganda can declare the Ebola outbreak over, provided no new cases occur. Still, the health ministry urged the public to remain alert for possible Ebola symptoms such as fever, vomiting, diarrhoea or unexplained bleeding. Situation in the Congo While Uganda is hoping for an end to the outbreak, the virus continues to spread in neighbouring Congo. Since mid-May, more than 2,000 people there have been confirmed to have contracted Ebola. The Congolese Information Ministry said the number of confirmed cases currently stands at 2,073, including 796 deaths. At present, 737 patients are being treated in hospitals and isolation centr...

More than 500 feared dead after boats sink off Myanmar coast

- July 15, 2026

By Reuters | Posted by TOE Two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days, UN agencies said on Thursday, as refugees from the ‌war-torn country continue to make perilous maritime journeys in search of safety and better opportunities. “According to preliminary information, the two vessels departed from Myanmar’s Rakhine State in late June carrying mostly Rohingya passengers, reportedly including some who had travelled from refugee ⁠camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh,” the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency said in a joint statement, saying more than 500 were feared dead. Two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days, UN agencies said on Thursday, as refugees from the ‌war-torn country continue to make perilous maritime journeys in search of safety and better opportunities. “According to preliminary inform...