Congolese businessman and opposition leader Moïse Katumbi on Monday launched his bid for the central African nation’s presidency.Katumbi is challenging left-wing incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi, who in 2018 succeeded his long-ruling predecessor, Joseph Kabila.Katumbi attacked Tshisekedi over his handling of affairs in the country’s conflict-ravaged east, where M23 rebels and…

The winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest is topping the charts on a different list — a wanted list by Russia. On Monday, reports revealed an Interior Ministry database listed Ukrainian singer Susana Jamaladinova as being sought after for violating a criminal law.According to the independent news site Mediazona, Jamaladinova…

Finland’s prime minister on Monday said the country may need to take further actions on its border with Russia after closing four border crossings in an attempt to stem a recent increase in asylum-seekers.Finland, which joined NATO this year in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has accused Moscow of…

Authorities in Haiti on Monday arrested a new suspect in the July 2021 slaying of President Jovenel Moïse.Macky Kessa, a former mayor of the southern coastal city of Jacmel, was detained but has not been charged, his attorney, Jimmy Jean-Baptiste, told The Associated Press.He said Kessa is being held in…

The leader of a far-right Dutch populist party was hit on the head with a beer bottle Monday in an attack that took place two days before the Netherlands holds a general election.Thierry Baudet, leader of Forum for Democracy, was taken to a hospital in the northern city of Groningen…

Mexico’s government issued a decree Monday that will force private freight railway lines to give preference to passenger train service over their normal freight runs.The decree gives the two main private concessionary rail operators until Jan. 15 to present proposals for offering the passenger service themselves. If they decline, the…

Election officials in Liberia on Monday formally declared Joseph Boakai the president-elect, three days after incumbent George Weah conceded defeat based on the runoff vote’s provisional results.According to the National Elections Commission, Boakai won with 50.64% of the second round balloting while Weah took 49.36%.”We are at the point where…

An Italian court on Monday convicted more than 200 people for their involvement in the ‘ndrangheta, an organized crime syndicate that has built up a powerful global network through drug trafficking and other illicit revenues. Recalling Italy’s famous maxi-trial of 1986 in which nearly 500 alleged Sicilian Mafia members went on…

With the Israel-Hamas war lingering into its seventh week, the State Department was pressed Monday on how the Biden administration envisions the conflict ending and what precisely comes next. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the Palestinian people must be front and center of any decision-making process, with the ultimate goal…

The Canadian mining company whose contract with Panama’s government has triggered weeks of protests said Monday that it has reduced operations and soon may have to suspend them due to a blockade of its mine’s power plant.Minera Panama, the local subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals, said in a statement that…