Iran says it targeted bases in Kuwait and Jordan after new wave of US strikes
AFP, Tehran      
16 July 2026, 08:54 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Immunisation system shows cracks: UN
AFP, Geneva
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
Iran threatens to block ‘other export corridors’
Agencies
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Sudan resources fuel civil war: UN
AFP, Geneva
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
‘Gus’ the T rex fetches $50.1m at auction
AFP, New York
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA

40,000 hours of video to be released

More than 40,000 hours of security video from the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol is to be released to the public, the new Republican speaker of the House of Representatives said Friday.
18 November 2023, 18:00 PM

400 Ukrainian villages out of power

Russia carried out a major drone attack on Ukraine overnight, hitting infrastructure facilities and causing power outages in more than 400 towns and villages in the south, southeast, and north of the country, Ukrainian officials said yesterday.
18 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Thousands malnourised

Thousands of children whose families fled the conflict in Sudan for neighbouring Chad are suffering from severe malnutrition, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Friday, appealing for emergency food aid.
18 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Musk to file ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers drop X

X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, will file a lawsuit against Media Matters and those who attacked social media platform X, Elon Musk said yesterday in a post on the platform, soon after major US companies paused their advertisements on the site.
18 November 2023, 18:00 PM

80 killed in Gaza camp, UN-run school in Israeli strikes

A Hamas health official said more than 80 people were killed yesterday in twin strikes on a northern Gaza refugee camp, including a UN school used as a shelter for people displaced by the Israel-Hamas war
18 November 2023, 16:39 PM

SpaceX Starship launch fails minutes after reaching space

SpaceX's uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was presumed to have failed in space minutes after lifting off on Saturday during its second test, after its first attempt ended in an explosion
18 November 2023, 16:29 PM

Israeli forces order Shifa hospital evacuation in 'next hour': AFP

Israeli troops ordered the evacuation of the Al-Shifa hospital "in the next hour" over loudspeakers on Sunday, an AFP journalist at the scene reported
18 November 2023, 07:10 AM

Liberian President George Weah concedes poll defeat to ex VP Boakai

Liberian leader and football legend George Weah conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight presidential run-off, saying it was "time to put national interest above personal interest"
18 November 2023, 06:48 AM

Burn Gaza now, says Israel’s deputy speaker

A senior lawmaker in Israel has urged the military to “burn” Gaza and not allow any fuel into the Palestinian enclave unless all hostages held by Hamas are released
18 November 2023, 06:44 AM

90pc Palestinians say they can’t coexist with Israel: poll

Some 90 percent of respondents believe that "coexistence with Israel is increasingly impossible" given the scale of its military action in Gaza.
18 November 2023, 05:50 AM

Gaza hospital director says 26 dead in strike on Khan Yunis building

At least 26 people have been killed in a strike on a residential building in the southern Gaza Strip's Khan Yunis region, the director of a local hospital said Saturday
18 November 2023, 04:45 AM

Fuel enters Gaza as phone links restored

A first consignment of fuel has entered Gaza after Israel bowed to US pressure for limited deliveries to allow wastewater treatment and the resumption of communications after a two-day blackout
18 November 2023, 03:25 AM

'Not asking for the moon': UN official pleads for Gaza ceasefire

A top United Nations official on Friday renewed calls for a "humanitarian ceasefire" to allow aid to reach the 2.2 million people trapped in the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas
18 November 2023, 03:16 AM

One dead, shooter killed after attack at US hospital

A shooter opened fire on a psychiatric hospital in the northeastern US state of New Hampshire on Friday, killing one person before being fatally shot by police, authorities said
18 November 2023, 03:16 AM

New clashes in Myanmar's Rakhine state displace 26,000: UN

Renewed fighting this week between Myanmar's military and an ethnic minority armed group has displaced more than 26,000 people in western Rakhine state, the United Nations said on Friday
18 November 2023, 03:10 AM

Six dead as 6.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Philippines

The death toll from a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in the southern Philippines has increased to six and authorities are searching for two missing people, local disaster officials said on Saturday
18 November 2023, 02:54 AM

UN aid to Gaza halted again

UN aid deliveries to Gaza were suspended again yesterday due to shortages of fuel and a new communications shutdown, deepening the misery of thousands of hungry and homeless Palestinians as Israeli troops battled Hamas in the enclave.
17 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Azerbaijan must allow ‘safe’ return to Karabakh: UN court

The UN’s top court yesterday ordered Azerbaijan to allow the safe return of people to the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which Baku seized in a lightning September offensive.
17 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Genocide: 6 nations team up to join ICJ case against Myanmar

Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Britain have teamed up to join the genocide case over Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya minority before the UN’s top court in The Hague, the court said yesterday evening.
17 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Zimbabwe’s capital declares emergency over cholera

Zimbabwe has declared a state of emergency in the capital, Harare, over a cholera outbreak that has claimed dozens of lives across the country, the city’s mayor said yesterday.
17 November 2023, 18:00 PM