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Northern Nigeria’s female basketball players chase bigger dreams
A grassroots basketball initiative is giving girls in northern Nigeria a chance to train, compete and dream bigger.
At least 12 dead, 54 injured as wildfires ravage northeastern Algeria
Six people in critical condition as a severe heatwave fuels 154 wildfires across Algeria in a single day.
Pro-Israel Democrats picked for top roles on key US House committee
The decision comes at a fractious time for the party amid a growing divide among its voters over US aid to Israel.
World Health Organization says Ebola outbreak in Uganda is over
International body declares Uganda Ebola-free after 42 days without new transmission, though cases rise in DR Congo.
US judge declines Minnesota’s effort to force Texas to extradite ICE agent
ICE agent Christian Castro faces criminal charges for shooting a Minnesota man in the leg during an immigration raid.
Tribe accuses US federal agents of ‘trespassing’ on indigenous border land
The Tohono O'odham people have sued the US government to stop construction of a border wall through their reservation.
US says Chinese-linked hackers attacked NASA, Senate, and gov’t agencies
US authorities seized two domains allegedly used to target sensitive government networks since 2018.
Nigeria launches hunt for hundreds of kidnapped mosque worshippers
With elections set for January, President Tinubu seeks to clamp down on kidnapping trend in northern Nigeria.
Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro to institute debt ceiling if elected president
A debt ceiling would trigger automatic spending cuts, which conservatives could use to pare back social programmes.
Israel-Hamas truce failure ‘point of no return,’ envoy warns
Hamas has pledged to hand over its weapons as part of the US plan for Gaza, which Israeli PM Netanyahu has rejected.