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October 3, 2021

Algeria Recalls Ambassador to France as Tensions Rise

ALGIERS — Algeria on Saturday rejected “inadmissible interference” in its affairs, hours after recalling its ambassador from Paris following comments by French President Emmanuel Macron reported by the French and Algerian media. The statement, from the Algerian presidency, said it had withdrawn its ambassador following media reports of the French leader’s

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Trove of Documents Shows Hidden Wealth of World Leaders

WASHINGTON — Current and former leaders from throughout the world have amassed vast wealth and secret real estate holdings across the globe, hundreds of investigative journalists reported on Sunday after months of combing through millions of previously undisclosed documents. The documents, dubbed the Pandora Papers, exposed the offshore holdings of 35

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Boko Haram Spreading Into North-central Nigeria, Officials Say

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA — Boko Haram insurgents have taken over multiple communities in Nigeria’s north-central Niger state, offering villagers money and incorporating them in their ranks to fight the government, a local government official and the state’s information commission told Reuters. The Islamist group is typically concentrated in the northeast of Africa’s

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