NIAMEY -- More than 20 Nigerien pupils were killed Tuesday afternoon in a violent fire at their school located on the outskirts of Niamey, the city's fire department confirmed Tuesday evening.

According to the commander of the firefighters in Niamey, Colonel Sidi Mohamed, the fire broke out around 4 p.m. local time and quickly spread to all the classrooms built with straw, trapping students inside. (Niger-Pupil Deaths)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held on Tuesday a phone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss the latest developments of the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on the Nile River.

Shoukry explained how Ethiopia's unilateral decision to carry out the second filling of the GERD without reaching a tripartite legally binding agreement with Egypt and Sudan "would impact the stability and the security of the region," the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. (Egypt-UN-Ethiopia-Nile-Dam)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday demanded compensation from the United States for the "damage" caused by the U.S. actions in Syria, according to the state news agency SANA.

The ministry demanded compensation for the "heavy damage and heavy losses inflicted by the U.S. aggression and occupation against the Syrian people." (Syria-U.S.-Compensation)

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WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden will announce the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 on Wednesday, multiple U.S. media outlets reported on Tuesday.

The decision would extend U.S. military presence in Afghanistan past a May 1 deadline set in a deal between the previous administration and the Afghan Taliban. (U.S.-Afghanistan) Enditem

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