Senegal’s Macky Sall enters race for UN Secretary-General

Former Senegalese president Macky Sall has officially joined the race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres successor, entering the global diplomatic contest ahead of the 2027 leadership transition. Sall was nominated by Government of Burundi and presented by Évariste Ndayishimiye in his capacity as chair of the African Union. The UN Secretary-General’s…

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Ugandan students evacuated from Iran arriving today

A group of Ugandan students evacuated from Iran have safely arrived in Turkey and are expected to return home on Thursday following a coordinated evacuation effort involving Ugandan diplomatic and defence officials. According to Chris Magezi, the students were received in Istanbul by Uganda’s Defence Advisor in Turkey, Bob Ogiki, after a lengthy overland journey…

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Iran leader Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israel strikes

TEHRAN/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON — Iran has confirmed that its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in coordinated United States and Israeli airstrikes early Saturday, marking a dramatic escalation in the Middle East conflict and triggering retaliatory attacks across the region. Multiple international news outlets — including Reuters, BBC, CNN, NBC News, The Washington Post and NPR…

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