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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
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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
Kenya's defiant Odinga vows not to back down
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga yesterday vowed not to back down over an election he claims was stolen from
13 August 2017, 18:00 PM
11 killed as 'riots' flare
Kenyan police killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru
12 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Declare Odinga president
Kenya's main opposition coalition yesterday demanded that its candidate Raila Odinga be declared president,
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Zimbabwe plans $1b 'Mugabe University'
Cash-strapped Zimbabwe yesterday announced that it plans to build a $1 billion university to honour Robert Mugabe,
9 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Deadly protests amid claim of vote rigging
Two protesters were shot dead by police in the Kenyan capital yesterday as unrest broke out after opposition claims of massive rigging in
9 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Boko Haram kill 31 fishermen in Nigeria
At least 31 fishermen have been killed by Boko Haram jihadists in two separate attacks on islands in Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria.
8 August 2017, 18:00 PM
South Africa leader Zuma survives
South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence, as ruling ANC lawmakers stuck by their
8 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Jittery Kenyans vote in key polls
Kenyans queued in large numbers to vote yesterday in an electoral showdown between the country's foremost political dynasties, as
8 August 2017, 18:00 PM
12 killed in Nigeria church shooting
Gunmen stormed a Catholic church in a town in southeast Nigeria early yesterday, killing 12 worshippers, hospital sources and witnesses said.
6 August 2017, 18:00 PM
S African held hostage by Qaeda in Mali freed
A South African man snatched from his hotel and held hostage by Al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011 has been freed, his country's foreign
3 August 2017, 18:39 PM
Five dead, 10 injured in Somalia blast
At least five people were killed and ten wounded in Somalia's capital Mogadishu yesterday when a car bomb detonated on a busy road,
30 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Not going anywhere, not dying: Mugabe
Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, declaring "I am not dying," sought Saturday to brush aside growing concerns about
30 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Eight killed in Nigeria suicide bombing
Eight people were killed yesterday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a mosque in northeast Nigeria. The blast
17 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Mandela ambulance caught fire: his doctor
An ambulance carrying South Africa's first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela caught fire as it was rushing him to hospital,
17 July 2017, 18:00 PM
8 killed in football stadium crush
Eight people were killed during Senegal's football league cup final in Dakar on Saturday, the sports minister told AFP, as a wall collapsed onto clashing supporters triggering a panicked stampede.
16 July 2017, 18:00 PM
14 dead in twin Cameroon blasts
Two bombers blew themselves up in northeastern Cameroon killing 14 people and injuring 30 people in an attack likely staged by Boko
13 July 2017, 18:39 PM
4 suicide bombers kill 15 in Nigeria
At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in the northeast Nigerian
12 July 2017, 18:00 PM
28 inmates killed in Mexican prison riot
Rioting inmates at a Mexican prison slit their rivals' throats and beat them to death Thursday, leaving 28 dead in the latest
7 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Pope highlights Africa conflicts in G20 appeal
In a message to the G20 summit, Pope Francis yesterday highlighted the plight of some 30 million people trapped in
7 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Eight dead at Malawi I'Day stampede
Seven children and one adult were killed in a stampede at Malawi's national stadium yesterday as large crowds gathered for
6 July 2017, 18:41 PM