2023

Man accused of abuse by BBC broadcaster Nicky Campbell set to appear in court in South Africa.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off a Middle East trip in Cairo on Monday focussed on urging calm amid an escalation of violence… Read More »Blinken starts Mideast tour with call for calm as Israeli-Palestinian violence flares

Seven people have been killed after air strikes destroyed a convoy of trucks carrying arms into eastern Syria from Iraq, a war monitor said Monday.

Unidentified gunmen “randomly shot at guests” as they danced in a house party, police say.

Israel on Sunday prepared to demolish the east Jerusalem family home of a Palestinian man who killed seven people near a synagogue, as part of… Read More »Israel punishes Palestinian synagogue shooter’s family as violence rages

Russian missile strikes killed three people in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson while fighting raged in the eastern Donetsk region where Russia again shelled… Read More »LIVE: Deadly Russian shelling targets Kherson, Kyiv calls for faster arms supplies

A cost-of-living crisis in Nigeria is forcing thousands of young professionals to flee abroad.

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Sunday urged lawmakers to reconsider a proposal to advance elections to later this year, promising she would propose a constitutional… Read More »Peru’s Boluarte urges congress to bring 2024 elections forward

Britain’s government Monday enacted new measures to accelerate the deportation of foreign criminals, clamping down on some who have claimed protection under UK law as… Read More »Britain enacts measures to deport foreign criminals under slavery overhaul

The idea of New York in wintertime conjures up images of Manhattan’s Times Square and Central Park shrouded in snow. Not this year.