Aftershock hits Caracas as rescue efforts enter critical hours in Venezuela
Reuters, Caracas
29 June 2026, 19:43 PM Natural disaster
US military to build war-ready stockpile in Australia: docs
AFP, Sydney
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM Australia
WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
Reuters, Nairobi
7 June 2026, 00:00 AM Africa & rest of the world
WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
Reuters, Nairobi
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM Africa & rest of the world
Suspected Ebola cases top 900 in DR Congo: WHO chief
AFP
25 May 2026, 08:06 AM Africa & rest of the world
Australian soldier charged with war crimes in Afghanistan
AFP, Sydney
8 April 2026, 00:21 AM Australia

Australia to limit foreign student enrolments in migration crackdown

Australia said on Tuesday it would limit the enrolment number of international students at 270,000 for 2025, as the government looks to rein in record migration that has contributed to a spike in home rental prices
27 August 2024, 02:50 AM

Australia gives millions of workers ‘right to disconnect’

Australia gave millions of workers the legal right to “disconnect” yesterday, allowing them to ignore unreasonable out-of-hours calls, emails and texts from their bosses.
26 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Hottest oceans in 400 years endanger Great Barrier Reef

Water temperatures in and around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have risen to their warmest in 400 years over the past decade, placing the world’s largest reef under threat, according to research published yesterday.
8 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Chad's largest online news website suspended

Access to Chad's largest online news platform has been suspended since Friday, an organisation for Chadian online media reported
29 July 2024, 02:49 AM

Australia bans uranium mining at Indigenous site

Australia yesterday moved to ban mining at one of the world’s largest high-grade uranium deposits, highlighting the site’s “enduring connection” to Indigenous Australians.
27 July 2024, 18:00 PM

95 Libyans detained at suspected military camp

South Africa authorities rounded up 95 Libyans in a raid yesterday at a farm that appeared to have been converted into a military training base, police said.
26 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Morocco heatwave kills over 20 people in 24 hours

A heatwave in Morocco has killed at least 21 people in a 24-hour period in the central city of Beni Mellal, the health ministry announced yesterday.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Rwanda’s Kagame re-elected with 99.18 percent of votes

Rwanda’s all-powerful President Paul Kagame has been re-elected to a fourth term in office with 99.18 percent of the vote, according to full provisional results published Thursday.
18 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Nigeria school collapse kills 21, scores injured

A school in central Nigeria collapsed on Friday killing at least 21 people, mostly pupils as they were sitting their exams, the Red Cross and witnesses said
13 July 2024, 03:25 AM

12 children killed in South Africa blaze

Twelve children were killed in South Africa yesterday when a minibus taking them to school near Johannesburg overturned and burst into flames after being hit by another vehicle, authorities said.
10 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Parts of South Sudan ‘on brink of famine’: charity

Parts of South Sudan are on the “brink of famine” as the nation braces for a “horror scenario” ahead of the worst floods in decades, a British charity warned yesterday. Since it gained independence in 2011, the world’s newest nation has remained plagued by instability and violence, despite rich oil reserves.
10 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Gold mine leak 'poisons' 185 people in Ivory Coast: officials

Contaminated water from a gold mine in Ivory Coast that leaked into a river from a cracked valve "slightly poisoned" 185 people, officials said Tuesday
3 July 2024, 04:40 AM

Haiti violence displacing one child every minute: UNICEF

Violence raging in troubled Haiti is forcibly displacing one child every minute, on average, with some 300,000 already affected, the United Nations children's agency warned on Monday
2 July 2024, 02:13 AM

Australia doubles foreign student visa fees

Australia said yesterday it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has intensified pressure on an already tight housing market.
1 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Australia doubles foreign student visa fee in migration crackdown

Australia said on Monday it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has intensified pressure on an already tight housing market
1 July 2024, 05:32 AM

Radioactive rhino horns to curb poaching in S Africa

South African scientists have injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching.
29 June 2024, 18:00 PM

At least 30 killed in Kenya anti-government protests: HRW

At least 30 people died in protests in Kenya this week sparked by a government drive to substantially raise taxes in the East African country, Human Rights Watch said Saturday
29 June 2024, 05:59 AM

Kenya: What's behind the deadly protests?

Kenya finds itself plunged into uncertainty a day after protesters stormed parliament amid violent demonstrations over a controversial tax plan. How did we get here?
27 June 2024, 03:33 AM

Assange back home as a free man

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange landed to an ecstatic welcome in Australia yesterday after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law in a deal that sets him free from a 14-year legal battle.
26 June 2024, 18:00 PM

President backs down on tax rises

Kenya’s president yesterday withdrew planned tax rises, bowing to pressure from protesters who had stormed parliament, launched demonstrations across the country and threatened more action this week.
26 June 2024, 18:00 PM