Taxi drives into crowd in Sweden, three injured
Torbjorn Ros, the officer on duty in Sweden Bergslagen police region, said incident was "not a traffic accident," and driver intentionally drove over people
UN says 1m displaced in Burkina Faso since January 2019
United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Burkina Faso are seeking $424m to address the humanitarian response needs of 2.2 million people overall
Egypt records 659 COVID-19 cases as daily new infections, deaths keep dropping
It is the 16th consecutive day for Egypt's COVID-19 daily infections to fall below 1,000, as record 1,774 infections were seen on June 19.
4 rockets hit Iraqi military base near Baghdad
Initial information indicated that the rockets were launched from the al-Dainiyah area in the neighboring Diyala province, the Iraqi JOC said
AU Assembly Bureau urges GERD parties to finalise binding agreement on dam filling, operation
African Union Bureau welcomed agreement amongst GERD parties to work on a Comprehensive Agreement on Blue Nile River as soon as possible
Emaar Misr, Emaar Hospitality Group inaugurate Address Marassi Golf Resort
Egypt is embarking upon massive projects and will transform North Coast into global tourism centre, says Emaar's Alabbar
Unemployed young Namibian starts business by teaching local cuisine amid COVID-19
Some of Namibian food that Buys is giving lessons are wild game steaks including kudu, oryx, springbok, eland and ostrich), kapana, fat cakes, roosterbrood
Kenyan police say 5 Shabab militants killed in thwarted attack
One Kenyan police officer was killed and three others injured in the Shabab attack on the border patrol unit camp at around 6:45 p.m.
Taliban attack repulsed, 50 including 27 insurgents killed in S. Afghanistan
Taliban launched massive attacks on security checkpoints in Taghri area, triggering heavy fighting during which airstrikes killed 27 militants
Japan reports 726 new COVID-19 cases, PM denies imminent state of emergency
Along with Tokyo, some other urban areas in Japan have seen sharp increases of infections since a nationwide state of emergency was lifted in late May.
