Muhamad Yehia The Malian artist Rokia Traore, who was detained in Rome last year due to an international child custody battle and subsequently extradited to Belgium, was released from a Belgian prison on the evening of Wednesday, January 22, following a new hearing at the Brussels courthouse. The acclaimed musician …

Muhamad Yehia The United Nations Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday to discuss the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. UN agencies on the ground are reporting chaotic scenes in the streets of the regional capital, Goma, amid rising death and …

Muhamad Yehia Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of eastern Congo’s largest city including its airport, the United Nations said, as Rwanda’s president on Wednesday joined calls for a ceasefire in the decadeslong conflict. Much of the beleagured city of Goma was calm early Wednesday morning, after a day during which …

Muhamad Yehia Kenya’s president, William Ruto, on Monday described the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo as “very complicated” and said it could only be solved diplomatically. “We do not see, from where I sit, a possibility of a military solution to the challenges that face the eastern DRC,” …

Muhamad Yehia president Donald Trump has suggested that Jordan, Egypt, and other Arab countries increase the number of Palestinian refugees they accept, potentially relocating enough and create a fresh start. In a recent Q&A aboard Air Force One, Trump also confirmed the U.S. had lifted the ban on sending large …

Muhamad Yehia Dozens of Congolese army soldiers fled into the Rwandan border town of Rubavu on Monday, where they surrendered their weapons and were processed by Rwandese border officials. It follows an advance by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who claimed they had captured the eastern city of Goma early Monday. …

Muhamad Yehia International experts and academics wrapped up the Syrian Heritage Week in Rome with a debate on how to safeguard Syria’s cultural treasures. Led by the Heritage International Institute, the initiative aims to establish a global taskforce to protect heritage sites in the post-Assad era. Representatives from international organisations …

Muhamad Yehia BOGOTA, Colombia — The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner. Long close partners in anti-narcotics efforts, …

Muhamad Yehia WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service. He also on Monday ordered troops to be reinstated who had left voluntarily or been …

Muhamad Yehia ROME  — The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council said the Trump administration’s decisions to freeze aid programs, deport migrants and block refugees will be “catastrophic” for Haiti. Leslie Voltaire made the comment in an interview with The Associated Press in Rome on Saturday following a meeting with Pope …