Six civilians killed in Somalia hotel siege

Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Islamist Al-Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said Saturday
10 June 2023

Children lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found alive

The four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest after a small plane crash have been found alive, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday
10 June 2023

Trump took secret docs on nuclear, weapons programs: indictment

Donald Trump took secret documents dealing with US nuclear and weapons programs from the White House after leaving office, potentially putting national security at risk, according to the indictment of the former president unsealed on Friday
9 June 2023

UK ex-PM Boris Johnson resigns as MP

Britain's former prime minister Boris Johnson on Friday announced his resignation as an MP, accusing a parliamentary probe into the "Partygate" scandal of driving him out
9 June 2023

Trump took secret docs on nuclear, weapons programmes

Donald Trump took secret documents dealing with US nuclear and weapons programmes from the White House after leaving office, potentially putting national security at risk, according to the indictment of the former president unsealed yesterday.
9 June 2023

Canada Wildfires: Smoke cloaks eastern US with haze

Smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouded US cities in a noxious haze again Thursday, delaying flights and disrupting outdoor events in what President Joe Biden called a “stark reminder” of climate change.
9 June 2023

US, Britain forge new pact to counter new threats

The United States and Britain on Thursday announced a new strategic pact as their leaders rededicated the “special relationship” to counter Russia, China and economic instability.
9 June 2023

Southern Ukraine Front: Russia reports heavy fighting

Russia reported heavy fighting along the front in southern and eastern Ukraine yesterday, while Kyiv maintained a strict silence about its long-anticipated counterattack.
9 June 2023

Palestinian killed by Israeli forces

Israeli forces yesterday killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and the army said, with the latter adding that a soldier was lightly wounded.
9 June 2023

Sweden ready to host Nato troops even before joining

Sweden, whose Nato membership bid is currently blocked, is ready to welcome temporary Nato bases on its soil even before it is a full member, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said yesterday.
9 June 2023

Japan revises law to ease deportation of failed asylum seekers

Japan yesterday enacted an immigration law allowing the government to deport failed asylum seekers, despite pushback from opposition parties and rights groups.
9 June 2023

EU ministers seal ‘historic’ migration deal

European Union ministers agreed on Thursday on how to share out the responsibility for looking after migrants and refugees, after 12 hours of negotiations got Italy and Greece to sign up to a deal that has eluded the bloc for nearly a decade.
9 June 2023

US, Saudi mediators announce new truce

Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire from today, US and Saudi mediators said, acknowledging that previous attempts to pause a conflict now nearing its third month had proved abortive.
9 June 2023

Saudis not asked to choose between US, China: Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saudi Arabia was not being forced to choose between Washington and Beijing, striking a conciliatory tone in Riyadh following tensions with the long-time ally. Blinken, appearing alongside his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan at the end of a three-day visit, denied that Saudi Arabia’s warming ties with China were a problem for the US.
9 June 2023

Biden, Sunak pledge AI, minerals, Ukraine partnership

US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Thursday their countries would partner on advanced technologies, clean energy and critical minerals as they strengthen a historical security alliance..Biden and Sunak signed the "Atlantic Declaration," which Sunak described
9 June 2023

Sudan declares UN envoy 'persona non grata'

The Sudanese government has declared United Nations envoy Volker Perthes "persona non grata", two weeks after the army chief accused him of stoking the country's civil conflict and sought to have him removed from his post..Since late last year, Perthes and the UN mission he heads in war-to
9 June 2023

Trump indicted in classified documents case

"The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform
9 June 2023

Indian FM play down row over 'Akhand Bharat' mural

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar yesterday played down the controversy over the mural of "Akhand Bharat" (undivided India) installed in the new parliament building, saying "it is not a big political issue"
8 June 2023

World warming at record 0.2C per decade

Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned yesterday in a sweeping climate science update.
8 June 2023

Ukraine Dam Disaster: Uprooted landmines may pose grave danger

Landmines uprooted and dispersed by floodwaters surging downstream from the breached Kakhovka dam across swathes of southern Ukraine could pose a grave danger to civilians for decades to come, the Red Cross said.
8 June 2023