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Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila takes the lead of a rebel coalition

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The Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, led by Kabila, was announced on Monday in Goma, the eastern city held by M23 rebels since January last year. It replaces the AFC-M23 alliance and accuses President Félix Tshisekedi of tyranny.

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Albanian police fire rubber bullets as protests against Rama reach a fifth day

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Police used rubber bullets for the first time on Saturday, as protesters threw stones, petrol bombs and fireworks near Prime Minister Edi Rama's office in Tirana. National police chief Skender Hita said they were used "in a limited manner."

Latin America is not shaking more than usual, a Montreal scientist says

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Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America have had about 130 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or more in 50 years, says Fiona Ann Darbyshire, an Earth sciences professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Some years have none, others five or six.

Search continues for 11 missing after a boat capsized off Baja California

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Survivors said 27 people were on board. Rescuers pulled 16 Mexican nationals from the water on Friday, and 11 people are still missing.

Rubio says Ukraine has no Starshield access, but its request is under discussion

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"They've asked for access to it in order to conduct deep strikes inside of Russia. They do not have access to it at this moment," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Saturday.

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France riots: about 1,800 arrested as the country counts the damage

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Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said about 1,800 people were arrested on Saturday, nearly half of them in Paris. More than 500 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters were injured.

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Egypt's Sisi asks parliament to let him send defence help to Saudi Arabia

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President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called on Saturday for an emergency session of parliament to approve any Saudi request for defence assistance, saying "I am speaking only for defence."

More than half of minors held in Israeli prisons in 2025 spent time in solitary confinement, data show

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Of 635 minors held in 2025, 351 were placed in solitary at least once, according to Israel Prison Service data obtained by two Israeli rights groups through a freedom-of-information request.