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By Barbara Plett UsherBBC Africa correspondent, Rwanda2 hours agoImage source, Kyla Herrmannsen/BBCImage caption, South Sudanese asylum seeker Daniel Diew was sent to Rwanda from Libya after trying to reach Europe seven timesHope Hostel in Rwanda has been ready to receive Britain's unwanted migrants for 664 days. Now, as the UK government pushes…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA Republican member of the House of Representatives went off against two of his colleagues on Sunday after a tense weekend in Congress led to the passage of military assistance to Ukraine.Tony Gonzales of…

Politics By Josh Christenson and Rich Calder Published April 20, 2024 Updated April 20, 2024, 6:00 p.m. ET House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday crushed a putsch by far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Republican rebels — pushing through a $95.3 billion aid package that…

The Pentagon has a massive infusion of military aid for Ukraine “ready to go,” U.S. officials said, once a long-delayed funding measure, which is expected to pass the House this weekend, clears the Senate next week and President Biden signs it into law.The Defense Department, which has warned that Ukraine would steadily cede more ground to…

Qatar’s prime minister has said that his government is reviewing its role as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas after criticism by U.S. and Israeli officials, who have urged it to exert more pressure on the Palestinian armed group to reach a deal.“We have seen insults against our mediation, and its exploitation for the sake of narrow…

Iran’s first direct attack on Israel overnight Saturday demonstrated the country’s military might and the advances of its domestic weapons program, analysts said, while also revealing the limitations of its arsenal.With more than 300 drones and missiles launched in a layered onslaught, it was Iran’s largest-ever conventional show of force. That…

3:46 p.m. ET, April 16, 2024 At least 13 people killed, including 7 children, after strike on central Gaza's…

Israel’s top general has said the country will respond to Iran’s missile and drone attack, but it remains unclear what form that response will take and whether it will be so forceful that it could tip a worsening spiral of violence into a full-scale regional war.US officials said on Monday that some form of counter to Iran’s attack, which…

CNN  —  President Joe Biden and senior members of his national security team, seeking to contain the risk of a wider regional war following a barrage of Iranian missiles and drones directed toward Israel, have told their…

After an operation lasting almost 24 hours, 184 people stranded in midair since Friday afternoon have been rescued.One person has been killed and 17 others injured in the southern Turkish province of Antalya after a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole, according to the country’s health and justice ministers. The injured people “were…