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Srinagar, India (AFP) April 26, 2025 - India, furious after a deadly attack, has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, with Islamabad warning any attempt to stop water flows would be considered an act of war.
Apr 26, 2025
Niamey, Niger (AFP) April 26, 2025 - Niger's army said Saturday jihadists killed 12 of its soldiers in the west of the country near the Malian border.
Apr 26, 2025
United Nations, United States (AFP) April 26, 2025 - A treaty to protect the high seas will not come to life by the time the UN Oceans Conference opens in June, but persistence by member states has nudged the landmark pact towards enactment.
Apr 26, 2025
London (AFP) April 25, 2025 - Britain's water sector will need to pour GBP290 billion ($386 billion) into its outdated infrastructure over the next 25 years to meet environmental and supply challenges, the public spending watchdog warned Friday.
Apr 25, 2025
Beijing (AFP) April 25, 2025 - A US push to approve deep-sea mining in domestic and international waters violates international law, China warned on Friday, after a White House order to ramp up permits.
Apr 25, 2025
New Delhi (AFP) April 25, 2025 - The United Nations urged India and Pakistan to show maximum restraint as the nuclear-armed rivals imposed tit-for-tat diplomatic measures over a deadly shooting in Kashmir.
Apr 25, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 25, 2025 - US President Donald Trump has defied international norms and instructed a quick start to deep-sea mining in domestic waters and beyond, sparking an angry warning from Beijing that the move violates international law.
Apr 25, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 25, 2025 - President Donald Trump's administration has abolished the office that runs US climate diplomacy, potentially meaning the world's largest economy will be a no-show at November's COP30 summit in Brazil.
Apr 25, 2025
Lagos (AFP) April 25, 2025 - Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) anti-graft agency said Friday that a court has ordered the seizure of dozens of Lagos properties linked to Chinese nationals suspected of internet fraud.
Apr 25, 2025
Kathmandu (AFP) April 25, 2025 - Nepal marked on Friday the 10th anniversary of a massive earthquake that killed almost 9,000 people and left millions more homeless.
Apr 25, 2025
Nairobi (AFP) April 25, 2025 - The African peacekeeping mission in Somalia requires an additional 8,000 troops, even as Burundi is expected to withdraw its contingent, a statement from military heads from troop-contributing countries said on Friday.
Apr 25, 2025
Najaf, Iraq (AFP) April 25, 2025 - Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater reserves in water-starved Iraq.
Apr 25, 2025
Kathmandu (AFP) April 25, 2025 - A decade has passed since a massive earthquake ripped through Nepal, but in Ram Bahadur Nakarmi's home the damage is still visible - and so is the fear another might strike.
Apr 25, 2025
Libreville (AFP) April 25, 2025 - Gabon's Brice Oligui Nguema won 94.85 percent of the vote, according to final results released on Friday, confirming the junta chief's landslide election as the central African country's president.
Apr 25, 2025
Pekon, Myanmar (AFP) April 25, 2025 - A charred Myanmar hillside is wreathed by flames, spewing ochre smoke that smothers out sunlight in an apocalyptic scene.
Apr 25, 2025
Paris (AFP) April 25, 2025 - Europe is absolutely vital to the fight against global warming and its leadership must not waver as climate ambition backslides elsewhere, the CEO of November's COP30 summit in Brazil told AFP.
Apr 25, 2025
