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Australia
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Canada
Aftershock hits Caracas as rescue efforts enter critical hours in Venezuela
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Natural disaster
US military to build war-ready stockpile in Australia: docs
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Australia
WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
7 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Africa & rest of the world
WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Suspected Ebola cases top 900 in DR Congo: WHO chief
25 May 2026, 08:06 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Close shave: laser hair removal device sparks Australia airport evacuation
21 May 2026, 09:28 AM
Australia
Australian inquiry opens public hearings into Bondi Beach shooting
4 May 2026, 08:06 AM
Australia
Australian soldier charged with war crimes in Afghanistan
8 April 2026, 00:21 AM
Australia
Army deploys in Rio after favela shootings
Brazilian soldiers deployed by armored vehicle, truck and helicopter Friday to reinforce police after heavily armed drug
23 September 2017, 18:00 PM
UN gives top prize to Chibok girls negotiator
A Nigerian lawyer who helped secure the release of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram was yesterday awarded one of
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM
PM threatens ban on opposition party
Cambodian premier Hun Sen threatened to dissolve the country's embattled opposition party yesterday, as the rival politicians protested
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Irma batters Caribbean islands
Monster Hurricane Irma slammed into the French Caribbean islands yesterday after making landfall in Barbuda, packing ferocious
6 September 2017, 18:46 PM
Boko Haram attacks kill 400 since April: Amnesty
A spurt in attacks by Boko Haram Islamists has claimed nearly 400 lives since April in Nigeria and Cameroon, double
5 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Caribbean braces for monster hurricane
Irma strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category Five hurricane yesterday, meteorologists warned,
5 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Odinga sets conditions after SC clears way for poll re-run
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga yesterday sought the sacking of several poll commission officials and set
5 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Zimbabwe first lady Grace flies home
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe flew home from South Africa yesterday, state media said, ending a week of
20 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Mugabe's birthday declared as holiday
Zimbabwe has declared President Robert Mugabe's birthday on February 21 a national holiday, a state daily reported yesteraday,
19 August 2017, 18:28 PM
Sierra Leone floods toll passes 400
More than 400 people have died in mudslides and flooding in Sierra Leone with 600 people still missing in the stricken
18 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Landslide kills 40 in DR Congo
A landslide has swept over a fishing village on the banks of a lake in the northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 40 people, a
17 August 2017, 19:31 PM
Over one million S Sudan refugees in Uganda: UN
The number of South Sudanese who have fled to Uganda has hit one million, the UN said yesterday, with no end in sight to the war
17 August 2017, 19:12 PM
Odinga to knock SC over polls result
Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga yesterday said he would go to court over last week's presidential election results, ignoring calls by
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Nigeria suicide blasts kill 28
A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and killed 28 others at a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, two local officials said, in an
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Fears grow for 600 missing
Concerns shifted yesterday to the estimated 600 people still missing and thousands made homeless in Sierra Leone by deadly floods
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM
27 killed in Nigeria suicide bombing
A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and killed 27 others at a market in northeast Nigeria, two local officials say, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants.
16 August 2017, 06:22 AM
Grace Mugabe turns self in to S Africa police
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe handed herself over to South African police and was due in court yesterday, officials said, after
15 August 2017, 18:14 PM
270 bodies recovered from Sierra Leone mudslide
Rescue workers have recovered 270 bodies so far from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, the mayor says.
15 August 2017, 09:19 AM
2 wounded as gunmen attack UN base in Mali
Gunmen attacked a UN base in central Mali yesterday, wounding a UN peacekeeper and a Malian soldier. "The suspected jihadists fired on
14 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Hunger crisis grips Congo
Hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo has soared in the last year, leaving 7.7 million people in urgent need of food aid and
14 August 2017, 18:00 PM