Update / At least 111 killed after 7.4 quake hits Colombia
10 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
9 civilians killed in Sudan drone attack
31 July 2026
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Africa & rest of the world
Australian PM says to enact laws to govern AI
15 July 2026
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Australia
Two dead, several hurt in Toronto shooting, attacker at large
12 July 2026
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Canada
Aftershock hits Caracas as rescue efforts enter critical hours in Venezuela
29 June 2026
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Natural Disaster
US military to build war-ready stockpile in Australia: docs
17 June 2026
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Australia
WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
7 June 2026
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Africa & rest of the world
WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
6 June 2026
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Africa & rest of the world
Suspected Ebola cases top 900 in DR Congo: WHO chief
25 May 2026
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Africa & rest of the world
Close shave: laser hair removal device sparks Australia airport evacuation
21 May 2026
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Australia
Eight dead in second Brazil prison riot
Eight inmates were killed and burned yesterday in a fresh prison riot in Brazil, police said, a day after clashes between
17 October 2016
Boko Haram frees 21 Chibok girls
Jihadist group Boko Haram has released 21 of the more than 200 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held since April
13 October 2016
World wildlife talks on trade ends
A global conference on wildlife trade wrapped up on Tuesday after adopting a slew of decisions to curb rampant
5 October 2016
Brazil votes in local polls
Brazilians furious at recession and corruption are expected to punish the long dominant Workers' Party in municipal
2 October 2016
ICC hands 9-yr jail term to Mali jihadist
War crimes judges yesterday sentenced a Malian jihadist to nine years in jail for destroying the fabled shrines of Timbuktu, in a
27 September 2016
Boko Haram leader Shekau resurfaces
The embattled leader of jihadist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, resurfaced in a video posted online yesterday,
25 September 2016
African elephants 'suffer worst decline in 25 yrs'
Africa's elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said yesterday, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching.
25 September 2016
Brazil SC okays Temer probe
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has authorized opening preliminary investigations into allegations that President
24 September 2016
Family releases shocking video
The wife of the African American man whose death has triggered days of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina has
24 September 2016
Shabaab militants storm Kenya police post
Islamist gunmen launched an overnight attack on a police camp in Kenya's north-east, close to the Somali border, police and militants
22 September 2016
Brazil's Lula to stand trial for corruption
Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must stand trial for corruption, a judge ruled Tuesday, after
21 September 2016
MINNESOTA ATTACKER WAS HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENT
Dahir Ahmed Adan, the Somali American named as the perpetrator of the weekend stabbing rampage in Minnesota,
20 September 2016
Somali general killed in suicide attack
A top Somalia general known for fighting the jihadist Shabaab group, was killed yesterday when a suicide bomber
18 September 2016
Central Africa militia kills at least 20
Mainly-Muslim militia fighters in the Central African Republic have killed at least 20 people and wounded several more
18 September 2016
Tutu readmitted to hospital: family
South African retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, 84, was readmitted to hospital yesterday in
17 September 2016
38 Boko fighters killed in Niger
Thirty-eight Boko Haram Islamist fighters have been killed during military search operations carried out by Niger and
17 September 2016
Ex-Burkina PM charged with protester's murder
Luc Adolphe Tiao, the last prime minister of former Burkinabe president Blaise Compaore, has been detained and
17 September 2016
Islamists' attack kills 7 troops in Somali town
Somalia's Islamist militant group al Shabaab attacked a town in a region near Kenya's border, killing at least seven
17 September 2016
Niger, Chad armies kill 38 Boko Haram fighters
Soldiers from Niger and Chad have killed 38 Boko Haram fighters during operations that followed attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group on two border towns in southeastern Niger earlier this week, according to Niger's army.
17 September 2016
Rousseff's impeachment trial opens
The impeachment trial of Brazil's first woman president, Dilma Rousseff, got underway yesterday with high
25 August 2016