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Achemime, Mauritania (AFP) May 23, 2025 - A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on ships of the desert may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback cavalry plays a vital role in the fight against jihadism today.
May 23, 2025
Istanbul (AFP) May 23, 2025 - Turkey arrested 65 soldiers and police officers early Friday over alleged ties to the late preacher Fethullah Gulen, who was accused of masterminding the failed 2016 coup.
May 23, 2025
New York (AFP) May 23, 2025 - Donald Trump's administration has revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign nationals, putting the future of thousands of students at risk, with China on Friday slamming the politicization of educational exchanges.
May 23, 2025
Dubai (AFP) May 23, 2025 - The United Arab Emirates registered a sizzling 50.4 degrees Celsius on Friday, the highest on record for May, following weeks of sweltering temperatures in the desert nation acutely vulnerable to climate change.
May 23, 2025
Jakarta (AFP) May 23, 2025 - A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit near the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, damaging more than 100 houses with no reports of casualties.
May 23, 2025
Taree, Australia (AFP) May 23, 2025 - Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and separating 50,000 people from help.
May 23, 2025
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) May 23, 2025 - Sudan's army-aligned government on Friday denied US allegations that it had used chemical weapons in its war against paramilitary rivals, a day after Washington said it would impose sanctions.
May 23, 2025
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2025 - US President Donald Trump hosted a closed-door dinner for hundreds of top investors in his crypto memecoin Thursday, as sign-holding protesters outside and Democratic opponents decried the event as blatant corruption.
May 23, 2025
Penteli, Greece (AFP) May 23, 2025 - On a trail bordering the last green vestiges of Penteli, the mountain above Athens ravaged by fires last year, cyclists and runners enjoyed the closing days of spring before the summer heat.
May 23, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) May 23, 2025 - The Pentagon is sending an additional 1,115 soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Northern Command announced Thursday.
May 23, 2025
Cobh, Ireland (AFP) May 23, 2025 - On a mission to record all of Ireland's bird species, many of which are dying out, Irishman Sean Ronayne calls his unique audio archive a tool to both raise alarm and bring hope.
May 23, 2025
Dubai (AFP) May 23, 2025 - The United Arab Emirates recorded on Friday its highest temperature for May since it began documenting them in 2003 at a sweltering 50.4 degrees Celsius, according to the National Center of Meteorology.
May 23, 2025
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2025 - Donald Trump on Thursday will host a private event for hundreds of top investors in his crypto memecoin, in an unprecedented melding of US presidential power and personal business.
May 22, 2025
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2025 - Analysis of a massive boulder in Tonga has unveiled rare evidence of ancient tsunamis and their capacity to reshape Pacific coastlines. Researchers from the University of Queensland identified the M
May 22, 2025
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2025 - Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an unlikely ally in the fight to keep the continent cool: penguin poo.
May 22, 2025
Yangon (AFP) May 22, 2025 - A retired Myanmar general who formerly served as ambassador to Cambodia was shot dead on Thursday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by anti-coup fighters.
May 22, 2025
