[New Times] Rwanda has become the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to join the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), a platform that connects businesses with trade, investment and market opportunities across the European Union.

[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- As the national dialogue launched by President Félix Tshisekedi continues (see Fides, 23/7/2026), one of the central issues remains the persistent insecurity in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the provinces of North and South Kivu, where numerous armed groups continue to operate. The most significant among them is the M23 movement, which has taken control of large areas of both provinces.

[New Times] Rwanda has facilitated the return of 289 victims of human trafficking from four countries since 2025, according to the Minister of Justice Emmanuel Ugirashebuja.

Negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement on the 5+2 platform have been frozen since 2019

The targets were a bulk carrier and a dry cargo ship, the Russian Defense Ministry specified

Ruslan Varankov pointed out that Belarus had provided Poland with information about an individual espousing «mock-Christian values»

The US president noted that people speak often of Russia and China in terms of Iran

Abbas Araghchi said he had fruitful meetings with his Russian and Chinese counterparts on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Foreign Ministers meeting

Tony Bartlett, of Axminster, Devon, was found guilty on Friday of killing his four-week-old son Atticus Bartlett in July 2022.

Vice President JD Vance has come under a barrage of criticism as Donald Trump 's heir apparent would need to begin readying for a 2028 launch.

A widespread outage impacted dozens of websites on Friday morning, including Apple Pay, Reddit and Hulu.

British tourists who fled from the French cape inferno have described escaping from 'enormous' flames after being woken in the night with emergency texts.

EU targets India entities of Russian banks VTB and Sberbank and three local firms as part of its 21st sanctions package Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran has launched retaliatory strikes against US bases in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait, with American personnel reportedly hit Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s football comeback is no longer a question of if but how. FIFA is moving first, while UEFA weighs politics, security, and money Read Full Article at RT.com

The US imposed 10% tariffs on imports from India, replacing the previous 150-day tariff that lapses on Friday Read Full Article at RT.com

Residents of Zawtar El Gharbiyeh in southern Lebanon told RT they feel betrayed as they cannot return home despite the IDF withdrawal Read Full Article at RT.com

Around 200 cases have been reported to the Online Safety Commission (OSC) following its formation in late June, Minister for Law Edwin Tong revealed in a speech on Friday (July 24).He was speaking at the SHECARES Centre Open House at Chip Bee Gardens on Friday, an event also attended by OSC commissioner Francis Ng.SHECARES is a support centre for victims of online harm and is run by independent non-profit SG Her Empowerment (SHE).It provides free counselling, assistance in filing reports, and legal advice in partnership with lawyers from Pro Bono SG. OSC was launched on June 29 with the aim of helping victims of online harms seek redress as part of the Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act (Osraa).«[Ng] has had a very busy start with about 200 cases already, which reflects what we had thought as we did the studies and research into why we needed to pass this piece of legislation,» Tong said, referring to Osraa.«This space [and the need for it] is growing… I think the work that Francis and his team is doing underscores that.»

Doing the seemingly smallest task with pride — even if it's disposing rubbish, focusing on engagements as a means to network — even if the person is seemingly junior. These were two of three personal stories shared by Coordinating Minister for Public Services Chan Chun Sing with 74 recipients at the Public Service Commission's (PSC) scholarship awards ceremony held at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre on Friday (July 24).In his usual candid candour, Chan, who is also Minister-in-charge of the Public Service and Minister for Defence, shared these personal anecdotes to encourage the recipients to go beyond finding meaning in the work they will undertake, but also, to «give meaning» to the work they will do.How throwing rubbish became insightsRecalling his attachment with a unit while on vacation during his studies, Chan, who received the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Overseas Scholarship in 1988, said he did not feel «particularly useful» since he hadn't been trained in the work undertaken by the unit.

A 62-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after he was involved in an accident in Toa Payoh on Friday (July 24).Photographs of the accident's aftermath was uploaded on SGRV Front Man Facebook page later the same day.In the photos, a wrecked white sedan can be seen parked across a pedestrian crossing with multiple torn portions of green road dividers strewn around it.The front of the vehicle also appears significantly damaged, with its left tyre ripped from the wheel arch, lying flat on the road.Responding to queries from AsiaOne, the police said that they were alerted to an accident involving a car believed to have skidded along Toa Payoh Lorong 1 towards Toa Payoh Lorong 6 around 3am on Friday.A 62-year-old male car driver was taken conscious to hospital and was subsequently arrested for drink-driving. Police investigations are ongoing.This incident took place just hours after a van driver was arrested for driving under the influence of drink and suspected drug-related offences.

Malawi’s government is preparing to launch a bidding process for a third mobile network operator, in a move intended to sharpen competition in a telecommunications market currently dominated by two established players. Dr Shadric Namalomba, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, told Parliament that President Arthur Peter Mutharika had authorised the ministry to identify an […] The post Malawi to invite bids for third mobile operator after earlier licences collapsed appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawi’s heavy reliance on cash is driving up the cost of replacing damaged banknotes, with economists calling for faster uptake of digital payment systems to ease pressure on the country’s currency. The Reserve Bank of Malawi expects to spend around 69.8 billion kwacha replacing worn and damaged notes this year, up from 50.6 billion kwacha […] The post Economists urge faster digital payment uptake as Malawi’s banknote costs climb appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawi’s Homeland Security Minister has doubled down on his insistence that ordinary communities and their MPs must foot the bill for building police posts, with government only stepping in once the buildings are actually finished. Peter Mukhito made the controversial declaration after facing tough questions in Parliament on Friday, telling reporters afterwards that constituents are […] The post Mukhito defends police station funding model as 6,000 new officers announced appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Reports indicate that the Right Honourable Dr Jane Ansah, Vice-President of the Republic of Malawi, collapsed after laying a wreath at the grave of the late Khetase, a Malawi Police Service officer who served at the INTERPOL Desk at National Police Headquarters. The incident is deeply regrettable, and Malawians of goodwill will be hoping and […] The post Vice-President’s health scare reminds Malawians that illness knows no age appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

TEHRAN – Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Hossein Simaei-Sarraf, and Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, have explored the potential to expand scientific and academic collaborations.

Test Pilot Alexander Guskov told the Russian president that the upgraded aircraft based on the Yak-130 combat trainer was outfitted with advanced onboard systems, a modern radar and a weapons suite that included air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles

Juraj Blanar said that Slovakia's ambassador to Paris Jan Soth attended a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in July solely as an observer

The Russian president on Friday visited the Irkutsk Aviation Plant where he inspected a prototype sample of the Yak-130M modernized combat-capable trainer aircraft

Earlier, Drapaty referred to Russians as «a nation that has no right to exist»