Category: World
‘Storm of the century’: record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica
Minister says parish of St Elizabeth is ‘under water’ and that families are trapped in their homes in the community of Black River in western JamaicaH [...]
UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told
Exclusive: two dossiers of material seen by the security council raise questions over export of British arms to the UAE, which has been accused of sup [...]
Mass killings reported in Sudanese city seized by paramilitary group
Rapid Support Forces accused of killing more than 2,000 unarmed civilians in El Fasher in recent daysReports of ethnically motivated mass killings and [...]
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
Soyinka, 91, who recently compared US president to Idi Amin, says ‘I have no visa – I am banned’The Trump administration has revoked the visa for Wole [...]
Tanzanian president poised to retain power as rivals barred from election
Government critics abducted, killed or arrested in run-up to vote as Samia Suluhu Hassan faces first electoral testTanzania’s president looks on cours [...]
Dodgers outlast Blue Jays in World Series epic
Freddie Freeman hits a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven World Series [...]
Confederate statue torn down during anti-racism protests reinstalled in Washington
General Albert Pike's statue, toppled during George Floyd protests in 2020, is restored under orders from President Donald Trump. [...]
Russian forces gain foothold in strategic Ukrainian town
Ukraine's president confirms Russian soldiers have taken up position inside the town of Pokrovsk. [...]
BBC ‘deeply concerned’ about journalist unable to leave Vietnam
The journalist has been in Vietnam for several months while authorities have withheld their renewed passport. [...]
‘No Trump! No China!’: Caught in the middle, South Korea hosts rival superpowers
South Korea's President Lee is in for a diplomatic dance as he hosts the leaders of US and China. [...]