Belgium will return a tooth taken from the remains of assassinated Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba to his family by the end of June, President Felix Tshisekedi said Monday. The tooth had been seized from a Belgian policeman who by his own account took it while helping to dispose of Lumumba’s body after the charismatic […]

The United States on Monday removed Sudan from its state sponsors of terrorism blacklist and declared a “fundamental change” in relations, less than two months after the Arab nation pledged to normalise ties with Israel. The move opens the way for aid, debt relief and investment to a country going though a rocky political transition […]

The approval procedure for a coronavirus vaccine in the European Union cannot go any quicker than it is being conducted, but a decision should arrive before December 29, European Medicines Agency (EMA) director Emer Cooke said in Amsterdam on Monday. “We are working around the clock for the approval of the first Covid-19 vaccine,” she […]

The US Electoral College will confirm Democratic nominee Joe Biden as the next president, in a formal ratification vote on Monday, which comes as President Donald Trump continues to contest the election even as he keeps losing cases in the courts. The 538 electors are generally set to meet in state capitols in all 50 […]

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Hassan Diab, has declined to be questioned by the judge who charged him and three former ministers with negligence over the Beirut port blast, an official source said on Monday. Investigating magistrate Fadi Sawan has been criticized for bringing charges by influential parties including the Shi’ite group Hezbollah and Sunni leader […]