Uganda suspends 11 staff over fake gorilla permits
Uganda’s wildlife authority has suspended 11 of its employees over the suspected sale of fake gorilla permits. The government agency,…
Dozens of pupils trapped by SA floods are freed
Dozens of schoolchildren have been rescued after heavy floods trapped them in a South African resort for three days. The…
Bird flu prompts Namibia to ban SA chicken imports
Namibia has suspended imports of live poultry and poultry products from neighbouring South Africa because of a severe bird flu…
Anti-migrant rhetoric dominates politics in Poland ahead of October vote | Politics News
Warsaw, Poland – Dressed in a sharp suit, Rafal Pankowski, the amicable head of Never Again, a renowned Polish anti-racism…
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan moved to another jail after custody extended | Imran Khan News
The opposition leader moved to prison near capital after his judicial remand in ‘cipher’ case is extended until October 10.…
Pakistan’s Ahmadis living in fear as graves, religious sites attacked | Religion News
Islamabad, Pakistan – Members of Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community say their places of worship and graveyards are being attacked as…
Bangladesh omit injured Tamim Iqbal from ICC Cricket World Cup squad | ICC Cricket World Cup News
Bangladesh’s top batter will miss the World Cup due to persistent back injury; Shakib al-Hasan will lead the team. Bangladesh…
Victor Osimhen threatens to sue Napoli over ‘unacceptable’ video | Football News
Osimhen’s agent says the player could sue Napoli after a video seemingly mocking his penalty miss was posted and then…
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 explained in map and charts | ICC Cricket World Cup News
India is set to host the 13th edition of the ICC’s Men’s Cricket World Cup from October 5 to November…
China says drills around Taiwan to ‘combat arrogance of separatists’ | Military News
Taipei has reported regular sightings of the Chinese military around the island as well as land exercises in Fujian. China…
Asteroid ‘dust, debris’ likely found as returned NASA space capsule opened | Space News
Dark powder, sand-sized particles found as lid opened on Osiris-REx space probe which collected samples from asteroid. Scientists at the…
Photos: South Korea parades military hardware through the streets of Seoul | Military News
South Korea has held its first army parade since 2013, with tanks, armoured vehicles and advanced missiles rolling through the…
How a China deal put the homes of thousands of Indonesians at risk | Environment News
Rempang, Indonesia – Some 7,500 people from the Indonesian island of Rempang face a September 28 deadline to leave their…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 581 | Russia-Ukraine war News
Here is the situation on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. Fighting Russia released a video reportedly showing Viktor Sokolov, commander of…
US Senate announces stopgap measure to avert impending government shutdown | Politics News
Leaders in the United States Senate have agreed to a stopgap measure designed to prevent an imminent government shutdown over…
At least 100 killed in fire at wedding celebration in Iraq: Media report | News
At least 100 people have been reported killed and many injured in a fire at a wedding celebration in Iraq’s…
US trade commission files anti-trust lawsuit against online retailer Amazon | Science and Technology News
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a long-anticipated anti-trust lawsuit against online retailer Amazon, accusing the company…
Nigeria’s labour unions call indefinite strike over cost of living | News
Unions have announced a strike beginning on October 3 after President Bola Tinubu scrapped a decades-old subsidy on fuel. Nigeria’s…
Israel advances water-for-energy deal with Jordan, UAE | Energy News
A tripartite agreement is expected to be signed at the COP28 conference in Dubai in November. Israel’s energy minister and…
The judgement of Derna | Floods News
“The only thing I could see was water, a huge sea sweeping away everything in the neighbourhood. “Our street, our…