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MOGADISHU — Israeli carrier Arkia says it has not yet received renewed authorization to fly over Somali airspace when its current permit expires at the end of January, a delay that could force the airline to reroute Tel Aviv–Thailand services if clearance is not granted in time. In a statement Thursday, Arkia linked the issue to routine international procedures requiring periodic renewal of overflight permits. “As of now, Arkia has not yet received the renewal of the periodic permit for air transit over Somalia for…

Berlin restored electricity to tens of thousands of customers this afternoon, five days after a suspected act of sabotage plunged parts of the German capital into darkness in what officials called the longest outage since the end of World War II. City officials said power was fully restored to roughly 45,000 households and more than 2,000 businesses following round-the-clock repairs. The blackout affected more than 100,000 Berliners, many of whom endured more than four days without power and heating as temperatures hovered…

A grand tomb returns to the Valley of the Kings after two decades of careful work In the ochre light of Luxor’s early morning, a doorway that has been closed to the public for most of the 20th and 21st centuries has been thrown open again. The tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III — the 18th Dynasty monarch who presided over Egypt’s late Bronze Age heyday between about 1390 and 1350 B.C.E. — has been restored and reopened after a painstaking, Japanese-led conservation project that stretched over two decades. The burial chamber,…

Mobile and internet services return across Afghanistan after 48-hour blackout Mobile phone and internet services were restored across much of Afghanistan on Wednesday afternoon, local residents and telecommunications firms said, ending an abrupt 48‑hour outage that left banks, remittances, flights and online classrooms in disarray. Subscribers of Roshan and Etisalat — the country’s largest mobile operators, both with significant foreign ownership — reported signal returning late in the day in Kabul and in provincial…

Air relations between Kenya and Somalia were suspended in May, despite the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries, which were suspended in December last year by Mogadishu due to Kenya's "interference" in the neighbor's affairs. The two countries now say they want to start "normalizing" their relations. All…

In Madagascar, twenty-five years after the fire that destroyed part of Rova, the enclosure of the Queen's Palace in the capital Antananarivo, President of the Republic Andry Rajoelina on Friday, November 6, was inaugurated with great pomp, in front of a Parterre of prestigious guests, the previously restored Queen's Palace. The day before, Madagascar had recovered the crown from the last Malagasy queen…

Ivory Coast should allow former President Laurent Gbagbo, who is barred from running in next month's main presidential election, to vote in the vote, the African Court of Human Rights and Peoples' Rights said on Friday. The court, set up by members of the African Union in 2004, asked Côte d'Ivoire to "take the necessary steps to immediately remove all obstacles" that prevented Gbagbo from being added to the electoral roll. Ivory Coast withdrew its recognition of the Court's jurisdiction back in April this year.…