Bolsonaro rejects Lula’s accusation about role in Brazil violence

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday rejected accusations against him by his successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that he incited the invasion of the seat of power in Brasilia, condemning the "pillaging and invasions of public buildings" in the country's capital.
9 January 2023

Biden at US-Mexico border as immigration issue heats up

President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since taking office, tackling one of the most politically charged issues in the country as he prepares for a re-election bid.
9 January 2023

12 killed as California braces for 'parade of cyclones'

California on Sunday braced for more severe weather after a week of torrential downpours and damaging winds killed at least 12 people in the past 10 days and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses.
9 January 2023

Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazilian Congress, presidential palace

Supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro pushed through police barricades and stormed into the national Congress building Sunday in a dramatic protest against President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's inauguration last week.
8 January 2023

Boat with 185 land in Aceh

A boat with 185 Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province yesterday, a local disaster agency official said, following hundreds who arrived late last year fleeing desperate conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
8 January 2023

‘Ceasefire’ ends in Ukraine

Russia’s bombing of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least two people overnight, local officials said yesterday, after Moscow ended a self-declared Christmas ceasefire and vowed to push on with combat until it reaches a victory over its neighbour.
8 January 2023

Protest-hit Iran sentences four to jail over strike call

Iran’s judiciary yesterday announced jail terms of up to 10 years for people who called for strikes as part of a months-long protest movement.
8 January 2023

7.0-magnitude quake strikes Vanuatu: USGS

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast from the Pacific nation of Vanuatu late yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami warning for the region.
8 January 2023

Dozens killed in Senegal bus accident

At least 38 people have died and scores were injured when two buses collided near the town of Kaffrine in central Senegal yesterday, according to the president and the fire services.
8 January 2023

Prince Harry to defend book in TV interviews

Prince Harry was scheduled to discuss his memoirs in television interviews yesterday after the book’s explosive revelations about royal rifts, sex and drugs cast doubt on his future in the British royal family.
8 January 2023

PM says can’t accept some Turkey demands

Turkey, which has for months blocked Nato membership bids by Sweden and Finland, has made some demands that Sweden cannot accept, Sweden’s prime minister said yesterday.
8 January 2023

Iranian man held in Germany

An Iranian man has been arrested in western Germany suspected of preparing an “Islamist attack” using cyanide and ricin, police and prosecutors said yesterday.
8 January 2023

Iranians gather outside French embassy to protest Charlie Hebdo cartoons

Dozens of Iranians gathered Sunday outside the French embassy in Tehran protesting against cartoons of the Islamic republic's supreme leader by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
8 January 2023

40 killed in Senegal bus accident

Forty people were killed and 85 were injured when two buses crashed in a head-on collision overnight on an arterial road in Senegal's central Kaffrine region, the government said on Sunday.
8 January 2023

US invested in Bangladesh’s success: Biden

US President Joe Biden has said his country acknowledges their enduring partnership with Dhaka and termed Bangladesh's economic growth in the past 50 years a "remarkable story".
8 January 2023

Moscow ends self-declared ceasefire, vows to press ahead in Ukraine

Russia's overnight bombing of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least one, local officials said on Sunday, after Moscow ended a self-declared Christmas ceasefire and vowed to push on with combat until it reaches a victory over its neighbour.
8 January 2023

Mexico metro crash kills 1, injures 57

Two metro trains collided in a Mexico City tunnel Saturday, killing one person and injuring 57, authorities in the megacity of 20 million reported.
8 January 2023

'US will be watching Bangladesh's elections closely'

The US will be watching Bangladesh's next parliamentary elections closely and supports constructive actions for a genuine electoral process that is peaceful and transparent.
7 January 2023

Brazil sees 150pc rise in December

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 150 percent in December from the previous year, according to government figures released Friday,
7 January 2023

Iran hangs 2 protesters

Iran yesterday executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member during unprecedented protests sparked by the death in custody of a young woman.
7 January 2023