Niger bus crash kills at least 22, most of them soldiers
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Four killed in helicopter crash in Brazil
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Colombia’s new president vows to ‘defeat narco-terrorists’
9 August 2026
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Hamas says still ready to go ahead with Gaza plan
9 August 2026
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Middle East
Ukraine warns of tough winter as Russia strikes kill 4 in Kyiv region
9 August 2026
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Russian invasion of Ukraine
Iran, Oman ‘very close’ to deal on Hormuz
9 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
US Senate confirms Trump’s ex-lawyer as attorney general
9 August 2026
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USA
Colombia’s new president vows to ‘defeat narco-terrorists’
9 August 2026
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World
Iran says deal on Strait of Hormuz is close but will not open the waterway by itself
8 August 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
IRAN WAR DILEMMA / Trump stuck with no exit in sight
8 August 2026
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World
US says Iranian military personnel helping Russia operate drones in Crimea
The United States has determined that Iranian military personnel were on the ground in Crimea helping the Russian military operate drones provided by Tehran to conduct strikes across Ukraine, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday.
20 October 2022
At least 50 people killed in Chad protests
About 50 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in violence that broke out in Chad on Thursday as hundreds took to the streets to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule.
20 October 2022
Rishi Sunak the favourite pick for next UK PM
To some Conservatives, Rishi Sunak is the minister who got Britain through the COVID pandemic, to others the traitor who knifed Boris Johnson or the rival to Liz Truss who presciently warned her tax plans would bring chaos.
20 October 2022
Masha Amini’s death: Family rejects official medical report
Lawyers for Mahsa Amini’s family have rejected an official Iranian medical report that found her death was not caused by beatings, they said in comments
20 October 2022
Khamenei advisor calls for reopening of Saudi, Iranian embassies
Iran and Saudi Arabia must reopen their embassies to facilitate a rapprochement between the two regional rivals, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said
20 October 2022
Poll on Cost of living crisis: Britons skipping meals
Millions of Britons are skipping meals in current the cost-of-living crisis, a consumer group warned yesterday. The news came after data showed UK inflation
20 October 2022
Liz Truss: Downing Street’s briefest incumbent
Liz Truss is set to become the shortest-serving prime minister in Britain’s history, after the public, MPs and the markets comprehensively rejected the self-styled heir to Margaret Thatcher.
20 October 2022
Failed economic plan: Truss quits after 6 weeks as UK PM
British Prime Minister Liz Truss yesterday announced her resignation just six crisis-filled weeks after taking office, becoming the shortest-lived premier in UK history.
20 October 2022
Ukrainians conserve power
Ukrainians conserved electricity and some went without running water yesterday to ease pressure on the grid and allow the repair of infrastructure destroyed by Russian air strikes as Kyiv’s forces advanced towards the city of Kherson.
20 October 2022
Who will replace Liz Truss?
Liz Truss said on Thursday she would resign as British prime minister just six weeks after she was appointed.
20 October 2022
Awami League leader arrested, sent to jail over rape in US
A Massachusetts court in the US has arrested an Awami League leader in the US and sent him to jail on charges of raping an American black woman and strangulating her.
20 October 2022
The Russian problem of new US nuclear power industry
US firms developing a new generation of small nuclear power plants to help cut carbon emissions have a big problem: only one company sells the fuel they need, and it's Russian.
20 October 2022
UK PM Truss announces resignation
Liz Truss said on Thursday she was resigning as prime minister, brought down by her economic programme that sent shockwaves through the markets and divided her Conservative Party just six weeks after she was appointed.
20 October 2022
World's female foreign ministers to meet on Iran: Canada
Many of the world's female foreign ministers will discuss the "brutal" crackdown against protesters in Iran during a virtual meeting this week hosted by Canada, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement on Wednesday.
20 October 2022
Ukraine curbs nationwide power use after energy plants destroyed
Ukraine is restricting electricity usage nationwide for the first time on Thursday following a barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that have destroyed some power plants just before the cold winter months set in.
20 October 2022
Bond star Daniel Craig receives same medal as 007
James Bond actor Daniel Craig on Tuesday received the same honour held by his fictional character, as he is set to retire from the role.
19 October 2022
CO2 emissions to grow less than 1pc this year: IEA
Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are expected to rise by just under 1 percent this year, as the expansion of renewables
19 October 2022
Climate change puts 1b children at ‘extreme risk’
Some one billion children are at “extremely high risk” due to climate change harms, a rights group warned yesterday, adding that youths’ living
19 October 2022
Putin declares martial law
President Vladimir Putin yesterday introduced martial law in four Ukrainian regions he says Russia has annexed as residents of the occupied city of Kherson left by boat following warnings of a looming assault.
19 October 2022
I’m a fighter, not a quitter’
British Prime Minister Liz Truss yesterday insisted she would not quit as she faced questions from booing MPs at her first Question Time session since abandoning her disastrous tax-slashing economic policies.
19 October 2022