A Nigerian court on Tuesday sentenced a Chinese national to death after finding him guilty of killing his girlfriend, a government official told The Associated Press, vowing to recommend execution if he unsuccessfully appeals the ruling.Frank Geng-Quangrong was convicted by a local court in northern Nigeria’s economic hub of Kano…

BEIRUT (AP) — A series of airstrikes in eastern Syria on Tuesday killed more than a dozen people, including an Iranian military adviser and a team member working for the World Health Organization, officials and reports said.It was not immediately clear who was behind the airstrikes in Syria’s eastern province…

PARIS (AP) — France will soon be able to deliver 78 Caesar howitzers to Ukraine and will boost its supply of shells to meet Kyiv’s urgent needs for ammunition to fight Russia’s two-year invasion, the defense minister said Tuesday.Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu said at a news conference that an agreement…

Ethiopia’s biggest bank says it has recouped nearly 80% of the cash it lost during what it says was a glitch in its system that allowed customers to take out more money than they had in their accounts.Abe Sano, president of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, told reporters Tuesday that…

Lawmakers with Poland’s ruling pro-European Union coalition launched a rare process Tuesday to bring the central bank chief before a special court on allegations of acting against the country’s financial interests. The result could ban him from political life.Critics of the effort suggested that the ruling coalition was going too…

Former tax inspector and political novice Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been elected president of Senegal.Faye, 44, was released from prison several weeks ago, and his presidential campaign was backed by popular, left-wing opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.Sonko himself was barred from running because of a prior criminal conviction, largely perceived as…

South Sudan’s government on Tuesday said schools will reopen next week following a two-week closure due to extreme heat across the country.The health and education ministries said temperatures were expected to steadily drop with the rainy season set to begin in the coming days.PORTLAND AREA RESIDENTS COMMEMORATE VICTIMS OF DEADLY…

LONDON (AP) — The British Museum went to court Tuesday against a former curator alleged to have stolen hundreds of artifacts from its collections and offered them for sale online.UK MUSEUMS RETURN LOOTED ARTIFACTS TO GHANA UNDER LONG-TERM LOAN ARRANGEMENTThe museum is suing Peter Higgs, who was fired in July…

A prominent Tunisian journalist was put under pre-trial detention on a judge’s order after a Tuesday hearing in which he dangled the prospect of publishing reporting on corruption and the misuse of public funds by several ministers and public institutions.Mohamed Boughalleb’s court hearing came four days after he was arrested…

As Turkish citizens vote in local elections this Sunday, the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will try to win back cities it lost in 2019. In the last local elections held five years ago, a united opposition won the ‘municipalities of the capital Ankara and the commercial hub of…