‘We are stuck’: Young Ugandans want stability, opportunities on eve of vote
Tension as 81-year-old Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend four-decade rule in a country where 70% of people are under 35.

Tension as 81-year-old Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend four-decade rule in a country where 70% of people are under 35.

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Washington’s threats to seize the strategic island have sparked a crisis among NATO states.

Al Jazeera gained access to an extensive network of tunnels in the Sheikh Maqsoud area of Aleppo.
Attorney General says Betar US engaged in ‘widespread persecution’ of Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish New Yorkers.

US President Donald Trump has said “help is on the way” for anti-government protesters in Iran.
Europe might offer a minerals deal and greater US security presence on Greenland. Will that be enough to satiate Trump?
The unprecedented convergence of internal and external pressures makes these protests distinct.
Anti-Muslim violence has soared for more than a decade under Indian PM Modi. Now, Christians face the brunt, too.
But car makers have urged an extension to the USMCA, saying it is crucial to US auto production.

Protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota confronted federal agents days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrived for the first day of her appeal against a five-year ban from office.