2023

Debutants South Sudan and Cape Verde among five nations representing Africa at the Basketball World Cup hosted in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.

A video reported to show trucks transporting Russian ballistic missiles in Niger has been widely circulating amongst West African Facebook and TikTok users since August… Read More »No, this video doesn’t show Russian ballistic missiles in Niger

Leaders of some of the developing world’s most important economies turned Wednesday to the main business of their summit in South Africa, a day after… Read More »Expansion and a common currency on agenda at BRICS summit

Mali’s sports ministry warns of potential “disturbances to public order” as it asks Fifa to investigate next week’s vote for a new FA president.

Around 100,000 people have been evacuated from flooded villages in Pakistan’s Punjab province, emergency services said on Wednesday.

India readied Wednesday to become the first nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole, days after a Russian probe crashed in the… Read More »India nears attempt to become first nation to land craft on Moon’s south pole

At least 1,100 people are still missing two weeks after deadly wildfires ravaged the Hawaiian island of Maui, authorities said Tuesday, with the FBI seeking… Read More »At least 1,100 missing after Hawaii fires as FBI seeks help in identifying dead

Thailand’s former premier Thaksin Shinawatra was moved from prison to a police hospital on Wednesday, officials said, a day after he was jailed on his… Read More »Former Thai PM Thaksin moved from prison to hospital after return from exile

At least two civilians were killed when Russian air strikes hit an abandoned water pumping station in Syria’s rebel-held northwest, rescuers said Wednesday, amid a… Read More »Russian air strikes in northwestern Syria kill two civilians

Robert Mugabe’s successor faces his main challenge from Nelson Chamisa of the opposition CCC.