Ethiopia will launch a joint investigation with Riyadh into a Human Rights Watch report that accused Saudi border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants… Read More »Ethiopia to launch joint Saudi probe into alleged migrant killings by border guards
The African Union said Tuesday it had suspended Niger until civilian rule in the country is restored and would assess the implications of any armed… Read More »African Union suspends Niger over military coup
Six children are among the eight people who have been trapped all day Tuesday in a cable car dangling over a deep valley in Pakistan,… Read More »Children among eight people trapped in cable car above Pakistan ravine
BRICS leaders meet in South Africa on Tuesday as the loose association of major emerging economies seeks to assert its voice as a counterweight to… Read More »BRICS summit of emerging economies gets under way without Putin
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo says quitting social media helped him become the first African man to claim a 100m medal at the World Athletics Championships.
France on Monday afternoon issued a “red alert” for four southern regions amid a spell of excessively hot weather, with temperatures expected to peak at… Read More »France issues rare ‘red alert’ for heatwave in south
Real estate mogul Srettha Thavisin won the backing of Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday to become prime minister, paving the way to a new coalition government… Read More »Thai parliament elects real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin as new prime minister
Cambodia’s newly elected national assembly on Tuesday endorsed Hun Manet as the country’s new prime minister, ending the nearly four-decade rule of his father Hun… Read More »Cambodia taps Hun Manet, son of strongman ruler, as new PM
Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tonnes of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant… Read More »Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into ocean on Thursday
Greece on Tuesday was battling a growing wildfire front that killed two and forced widespread evacuations in the second deadly wave of fires in a… Read More »Deaths reported as Greece wildfires spread, forcing evacuations
