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Reporters Without Borders says investigation found Atiana Serge Oulon held at Ouagadougou villa, contradicting authorities’ account.Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026A media rights group has accused Burkina Faso’s military authorities of arbitrarily detaining and mistreating a prominent investigative journalist who has been missing for nearly two years.In a report…

Emergency crews have evacuated three people from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, the United Nations’ health agency says, as experts confirm it to be a rare strain that can be transmitted between humans.Two sick crew members and one other person who had been in contact with…

Almost nine hours after RCMP responded to a report of shots fired in Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., they now say residents are free to return to normal activity.Police lifted a shelter-in-place order that had been in place all of Friday afternoon and into the evening.”While the order has been lifted and several…

PodcastPodcast, The TakeThree ships were hijacked near the Gulf of Aden in one week. Is piracy back in Somali waters?Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoPiracy is rising again near Somalia. Since April 20, at least three ships have been…

Gianluca Prestianni could miss Argentina’s first two group games if he is selected in their World Cup squad.Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026Argentina winger ‌Gianluca Prestianni faces the prospect of missing his ⁠country’s opening ⁠World Cup matches after FIFA extended his six-game suspension for homophobic conduct to ⁠have a…

Gerry Conway, a renowned comic book writer who helped create characters and stories for Marvel and DC, including the Punisher character in the Spider-Man comics, has died. He was 73.In a Monday statement announcing his death, Marvel described Conway as a legendary comic book writer with a prolific career. He…

Gianluca Prestianni could miss Argentina’s first two group games if he is selected in their World Cup squad.Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026Argentina winger ‌Gianluca Prestianni faces the prospect of missing his ⁠country’s opening ⁠World Cup matches after FIFA extended his six-game suspension for homophobic conduct to ⁠have a…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 19:57 GMT+2 The European Commission insisted on Thursday that “progress” had been made in late-night talks with MEPs and member state officials on implementing last August’s EU-US trade deal, and that the process remained “fully in line with standard legislative practice”. But inside the room, negotiators…

Fighters attack ‘Africa’s Alcatraz’, which detains high-value prisoners, and disrupt crucial supply chains to the capital.In a new wave of attacks in Mali, an al-Qaeda-linked group has stormed a main prison housing fighters from the armed group and set fire to trucks with food supplies heading to the capital Bamako.Fighters…

Gianluca Prestianni could miss Argentina’s first two group games if he is selected in their World Cup squad.Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026Argentina winger ‌Gianluca Prestianni faces the prospect of missing his ⁠country’s opening ⁠World Cup matches after FIFA extended his six-game suspension for homophobic conduct to ⁠have a…

Health officials say they will capture and test rodents in area taken by Dutch couple on a cruise who died from virus.By AFP, Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 6 May 20266 May 2026Health authorities of the South American nation of Argentina are working to determine whether their country is…

Gianluca Prestianni could miss Argentina’s first two group games if he is selected in their World Cup squad.Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026Argentina winger ‌Gianluca Prestianni faces the prospect of missing his ⁠country’s opening ⁠World Cup matches after FIFA extended his six-game suspension for homophobic conduct to ⁠have a…

The tit-for-tat tariff increase comes amid cross-border tensions over illicit drugs and the fate of Ecuadorian politician Jorge Glas.Published On 10 Apr 202610 Apr 2026Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism has announced it will raise tariffs on neighbouring Ecuador to 100 percent from 30 percent.The sum, confirmed on Friday,…

NEW YORK (AP) — After chants of “run again!” filled the room, former Vice President Kamala Harris told African American activists on Friday that she’s actively considering another presidential bid.“I might. I am thinking about it,” Harris told Rev. Al Sharpton after he asked directly whether she was going to…