Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office on Monday following his narrow win in a November election.Boakai, 79, is the country’s oldest sitting head of state and has pledged to unite and rescue Liberia from economic challenges.He said there is a strong need for nationalism over partisanship and…

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Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that authorities acted illegally by sending unaccompanied child migrants back to Morocco.The surge included hundreds of unaccompanied minors, many believed to be sub-Saharan migrants seeking a better life in Europe.Spain’s Interior Ministry defended the action, claiming the children wanted to go home, and denied accusations of…

A former high-ranking member of a pro-Syrian government militia, identified as Mustafa A., has been convicted by a Dutch court.He was sentenced to 12 years in prison for illegal detention and complicity in torture related to the 2013 arrest and inhumane treatment of a civilian.The trial took place in The…

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The global fight against malaria took a stride forward on Monday as Cameroon started the world’s first routine vaccine program against the mosquito-borne disease, although Reuters journalists witnessed few people in clinics receiving the shot.Around 40 years in the making, the World Health Organization (WHO)-approved RTS,S vaccine developed by British…

The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince pleaded for the release of six nuns kidnapped last week and demanded that Haiti’s government crack down on gang violence, in a strongly worded letter released Monday.The Archdiocese, along with the Haitian Conference of the Religious, said in the letter that Haitians are tired of the…

European Union foreign ministers say the creation of a Palestinian state is the only credible way to achieve peace in the Middle East.The EU, despite being the world’s top provider of aid to the Palestinians, holds little leverage over Israel, officials say.The EU has invited foreign ministers from Israel, the…

A government inquiry into the deaths of four divers in Trinidad who became trapped in a pipe while doing maintenance for a state-owned fuel supplier recommends that prosecutors consider filing corporate manslaughter charges against the company, saying it made “little or no attempt to rescue” them.The commission of inquiry report…

The U.S. Navy’s top Mideast commander, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, has confirmed that Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.Cooper said attacks associated with Iran have expanded beyond the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.The Houthi attacks on merchant shipping are described…