The houseboats of the Nile River in Egypt have a storied past. Many believe the pharaohs used them thousands of years ago for long river voyages, the BBC explained, while in the 19th and 20th centuries Ottoman and British military leaders used them as bases. And...
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Senegalese voters cast their ballots this week in parliamentary elections, a highly-anticipated vote that opposition parties are hoping to win to prevent President Macky Sall from running again in the 2024 presidential elections, the Associated Press reported Monday. Voters are choosing 165 lawmakers. Results are expected...
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Kosovo’s government delayed the implementation of new border rules for ethnic Serbs living in the country’s north, following a series of protests that risked flaring up ethnic tensions in the small Balkan nation, Euronews reported Monday. Ethnic Serbs blocked traffic at two border crossings between Serbia...
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Algeria will begin teaching English in primary school, a major change in the Francophone country that underscores its efforts to move away from its colonial past, the National reported Monday. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced the change following growing demands and campaigns from academics and students to...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree authorizing a new maritime doctrine for the country’s coastal borders and naming NATO and the US as Russia’s principal threats, Radio Free Europe reported. According to the doctrine, the main dangers to Russia’s security come from the...
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An international research team found evidence of the first-ever dormant black hole located outside the Milky Way galaxy, Sky News reported. They explained in their study that the peculiar black hole was born from a star that disappeared without any sign of a powerful explosion. Usually,...
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