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[ad_1] A Mauritanian court handed down a five-year prison sentence to the country’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz after finding him guilty of money laundering and self-enrichment, his attorneys said Tuesday. The Monday verdict wraps up a rare corruption trial in West Africa and closes a chapter in the …

[ad_1] A 39-year-old German man accused of forming an armed group against COVID-19 measures in 2021 has been arrested in Portugal. The suspect, whose name has not been disclosed, lived in Bavaria and was charged in June by prosecutors. Along with two others, he is accused of forming a criminal …

[ad_1] Military officials have identified the service members who were on board the U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey that crashed last week off the shore of Yakushima Island, Japan. An Air Force spokesperson said after days of “intensive, 24/7 search and rescue operations” for the eight Airmen involved in the …

[ad_1] Emergency response officials said at least 85 people have been confirmed dead after a “mistaken” army drone attack on a religious gathering in northwest Nigeria. The victims were killed Sunday night by drones “targeting terrorists and bandits” in Kaduna state’s Tudun Biri village, according to government and security officials. …

[ad_1] NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a recent interview that the Western military alliance should “be prepared for bad news” in the Ukraine war ahead of the winter months.  “Wars develop in phases,” Stoltenberg told German broadcaster ARD in an interview Saturday, according to Politico Europe. “We have to …

[ad_1] A kangaroo that had been on the run for several days in Canada was captured by police on Monday, shortly after the animal punched an officer in the face during an attempt to catch it. A pair of kangaroos were being transported in a truck to a zoo in …

[ad_1] The UNHCR, the U.N.’s refugee agency, reported Monday that about 400 Rohingya Muslim refugees are adrift on the Andaman Sea, located off the South Asian coast. The refugees, believed to have set sail from Bangladesh, are allegedly out of supplies and in distress. “There are about 400 children, women …

[ad_1] Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree Monday dissolving the nation’s opposition-led parliament. Embalo used a shootout between loyalist and parliament-controlled troops that occurred last week to justify the power grab. “The date for holding the next legislative elections will be set in due time in accordance with …

[ad_1] A small twin-engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing Monday in the southern Paris suburbs, France’s civil aviation safety agency said. French media said the aircraft landed near a populated area in the town of Villejuif. FRENCH MINISTER WARNS COUNTRY ‘DURABLY UNDER THREAT FROM ISLAMIST TERRORISM’ AFTER …

[ad_1] The United States imposed sanctions Monday on three Sudanese individuals accused of undermining “peace, security and stability” in the conflict-stricken African nation. UN ENDS POLITICAL MISSION IN SUDAN, WHERE WORLD HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO STOP BLOODSHED The sanctions imposed by the Department of the Treasury block all property and …