Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and most of his supporters have been rejected as candidates for the February 8 election, party officials said… Read More »Pakistan’s jailed former PM Imran Khan barred from running in legislative elections
Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already… Read More »Burundi’s president says homosexuality ‘imported from the West’, calls for gays to be stoned
Russia pounded the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv with missiles and drones in the hours leading into New Year’s Eve, Ukrainian officials said, hours after Moscow… Read More »Kharkiv pounded with missiles after Russia accuses Ukraine of killing 22 in Belgorod
From a devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey to a march on Moscow and the war against Hamas in Gaza, 2023 was full of dramatic… Read More »Retrospective: The top 12 news stories that defined 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed to retake control of the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt on Saturday, expanding Israel’s mission to neutralize Hamas in… Read More »🔴 Live: Israel must control Gaza’s border with Egypt, says Netanyahu
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for a military arsenal build-up… Read More »North Korea’s Kim Jong Un orders military to prepare for possible ‘war’
With some 310 peacekeepers killed, Mali was the UN’s second deadliest mission worldwide.
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Kenyan runner Faith Kipyegon on manifesting her stellar 2023, which included world records and two World Championship golds.
Bolivia’s Constitutional Court has disqualified former president Evo Morales from running for re-election in 2025, reversing a ruling that had let him seek a fourth… Read More »Bolivian court rules that former president Morales cannot seek re-election
