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U.S. plans to restrict entry for citizens of Several Central Asian and African Nations
AzerNews
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June 15, 2025
The United States administration intends to introduce new entry restrictions for citizens of 36 countries, including several in Central Asia, The Washington Post reported, citing documents from the U.S. Department of State, Azernews reports,...
Trump considers extending travel ban to 25 African nations, including Nigeria, Ghana
Business Insider Africa
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June 14, 2025
The move, revealed in a leaked State Department memo reviewed by The Washington Post, would represent one of the most significant expansions of the controversial travel ban policy first introduced in 2017, potentially adding several African...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s visa clampdown linked to Nigeria’s refusal to house asylum seekers
The Cable
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July 11, 2025
Nigeria’s refusal to accept asylum seekers from the United States is partly responsible for the recent visa restrictions imposed on the country by President Donald Trump, TheCable can report. TheCable understands that the talks are part of broader...
Foreign Minister IWAYA's Meeting With H.E. Mr. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, President Of The National Assembly Of The Republic Of Djibouti
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) On June 13, commencing at 5:15 p.m. for approximately 20 minutes, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, held a meeting with H.E. Mr. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of...
Trump considering adding another 36 countries to his no travel list including African and Caribbean nations: report
The Independent
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June 14, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
FIFA 2026 World Cup: How African Nations Can Secure Their Spot – Full Group Stage Draw Inside
News24
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June 14, 2025
Just a year to go before the inauguration of FIFA World Cup 2026 and the qualification scenario is heating up everywhere. The final list of the 48 participating nations is yet to be ratified but several teams have already qualified in what will be...
How To Export Coffee In A War (Pt 2) (Reheat)
WNYC - New York
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June 13, 2025
Dan Pashman: Previously on The Sporkful … MUSIC CLIP (MOKHTAR ALKHANSHALI): I would ask seasoned coffee buyers and roasters, "Where can I get Yemen coffee?", and they would say things like, "It's just really hard to get. We don't know where it...
Top Africa official in US government to leave in July, State Dept says
The Straits Times
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June 12, 2025
The U.S. State Department's top official for Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire in mid-July, a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, adding the Africa bureau's number two, Jonathan Pratt, will step into the role. The change in leadership...
Two wounded, two missing after another Red Sea attack on Greek-owned ship
Politico Europe
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July 7, 2025
“The vessel was en route to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia when it was struck. Its crew includes 22 Filipinos and three Indian armed guards,” an official from Cosmoship, the Greek company that owns the vessel, told POLITICO. It was not clear whether the...
Countering Western Advances in the Middle East: Did a Chinese Laser Target a German Surveillance Plane Near Yemen?
Military Watch
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July 9, 2025
<p >The German Foreign Office has alleged that a German surveillance plane was targeted by a laser weapon from a Chinese warship as it flew over the Red Sea, in charges flatly denied by Chinese officials. The aircraft in question was thought...
List: Notable Houthi Attacks on Merchant Ships in the Red Sea
gCaptain
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July 10, 2025
July 10 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis sank two cargo ships in the Red Sea this week, the first flare-up in seven months in the Iran-backed group’s years-long campaign to choke global shipping in protest over the war in Gaza and the plight of the...
Spain and Ireland to join more than 20 states to declare ‘concrete measures’ against Israel
Middle East Eye
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July 10, 2025
More than 20 countries are convening in Bogota next week to declare “concrete measures against Israel’s violations of international law”, diplomats told Middle East Eye. The “emergency summit” is due to be held on 15-16 July, co-hosted by the...
SETAF-AF forensic team deploys expertise at sea, protects US and allied assets
US Army
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July 10, 2025
Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) VICENZA, Italy – When U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) identified a need to gather evidence, the U.S. Army’s Joint Theater Forensic Analysis Center...
China denies directing laser at German plane over the Red Sea
Times of Malta
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July 9, 2025
Beijing dismissed on Wednesday claims by Berlin that the Chinese military had directed a laser at a German aircraft over the Red Sea as "completely inconsistent with the facts". The foreign ministry in Berlin said on Tuesday that a German aircraft...
China says Germany’s claim of laser directed at plane over Red Sea ‘inconsistent with facts’
The Straits Times
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July 9, 2025
BEIJING – Beijing dismissed on July 9 claims by Berlin that the Chinese military had directed a laser at a German aircraft over the Red Sea as “completely inconsistent with the facts”. The foreign ministry in Berlin said on July 8 that a German...
Laser Incident Sparks Sharp Diplomatic Crisis Between China and Germany — What’s the Story?
Tunisie Numerique
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July 9, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Tensions have flared between China and Germany following accusations from Berlin that a Chinese warship targeted a German military aircraft with a laser during a reconnaissance mission over the Red Sea, as part...
Map Shows Where China is Accused of Targeting Rivals With Lasers
Newsweek
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July 10, 2025
A Newsweek map shows all reported incidents of the Chinese military targeting U.S. or allied aircraft and ships with high-powered lasers. Germany said this week a Chinese navy ship used a high-powered laser on a German reconnaissance aircraft...
China denies directing laser at German plane over Red Sea
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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AFP | Beijing Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Beijing dismissed yesterday claims by Berlin that the Chinese military had directed a laser at a German aircraft over the Red Sea as "completely inconsistent with the facts". The foreign ministry in...
Editorial: China-Linked Hpx In Liberia: A Strategic Gamble or a Sovereignty Risk?
Front Page Africa
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July 9, 2025
LIBERIA, A SMALL West African nation with outsized strategic importance, is once again at the center of a high-stakes geopolitical contest. But this time, the tools of engagement are not colonial gunboats or imperial mandates. THEY ARE CONTRACTS,...
Supreme Court Slaps Down a Federal Judge on Deportations, but There's Another Issue
Townhall
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July 9, 2025
It wasn’t the biggest news over the Independence Day holiday since we got the reconciliation package through Congress. President Trump signed his signature domestic achievement on the Fourth of July, which cut taxes, booted illegal aliens off...