Australian soldier charged with war crimes in Afghanistan
8 April 2026, 00:21 AM
Australia
China blasts ‘colonial’ Australia, New Zealand over rights concerns
19 March 2026, 01:36 AM
Australia
MSF says 26 staff missing from South Sudan violence
3 March 2026, 01:25 AM
Africa & rest of the world
At least 38 killed in armed attack in north-west Nigeria
21 February 2026, 19:36 PM
Africa & rest of the world
Attackers kill at least 50 in Nigeria
21 February 2026, 04:12 AM
World
RSF actions in Sudan’s al-Fashir points to genocide
20 February 2026, 00:40 AM
Africa & rest of the world
UN chief renews push for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Sudan
16 February 2026, 02:54 AM
Africa & rest of the world
21 drown in Nile boat sinking in Sudan
13 February 2026, 00:52 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Sudan RSF drone strike on school kills two children
12 February 2026, 01:35 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Ten dead after a shooting in Canadian province of British Columbia, police say
11 February 2026, 09:20 AM
World
Military takeover legal, says court
A Zimbabwe High Court has ruled that the military takeover that led to Robert Mugabe's ousting was legal, raising
25 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Zimbabwe judge says military action against Mugabe was legal
Zimbabwe’s military action leading to Robert Mugabe’s resignation was legal, a High Court judge rules, in a key decision as the military seeks to show that its moves were not a coup.
25 November 2017, 11:12 AM
'Butcher of Bosnia'
Ratko Mladic, who was convicted of genocide yesterday, believed himself to be a crusading defender of the Serbs but
22 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Liberation hero turned despot
Zimbabwe's veteran leader Robert Mugabe once quipped that he'd rule his country until he turned 100.
21 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns, ending 4 decades of rule
Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him, ending four decades of rule by a man who turned from independence hero to archetypal African strongman.
21 November 2017, 16:47 PM
Violence in Kenya after polls verdict
Kenya's Supreme Court yesterday validated the election victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta, sparking opposition
20 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Coup? What coup?
In the annals of missed stories, it ranks up there.
15 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Mugabe: Liberation hero turned despot
Zimbabwe's veteran leader Robert Mugabe once quipped that he'd rule his country until he turned 100.
15 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Mugabe sacks 'disloyal' vice-president
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday, the government said, as the
6 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Five dead in Nigeria suicide bombing
At least five people were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, a militia
30 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Kenyatta wins Kenyan poll re-run
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was yesterday declared victor of the country's deeply divisive elections, taking 98 percent of the
30 October 2017, 18:00 PM
29 killed; security chiefs sacked
The death toll from a deadly attack on a hotel in Mogadishu rose to 29 yesterday, prompting the Somali government
29 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Shooting, tear gas mar Kenya election re-run
At least three people were shot dead yesterday during clashes over Kenya's re-run election, which has been boycotted by the
26 October 2017, 18:13 PM
Boko Haram kills 8 Nigerian soldiers
At least eight soldiers were killed in heavy fighting when Boko Haram raided a military camp and looted food from villagers in northeast
26 October 2017, 18:04 PM
Protests as Kenya to hold polls today
Kenya's repeat presidential elections will proceed as planned today, said the head of the election board yesterday, after
25 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Fresh attack leaves 13 Niger soldiers dead
Thirteen paramilitary police were killed Saturday in a fresh attack in Niger's restive southwest, just weeks after a deadly
22 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Somalia truck bomb toll jumps to 358
Somalia's deadliest ever attack, a truck bomb in the capital Mogadishu, has now killed 358 people with 228 more
21 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Boko Haram kills 3 soldiers in Nigeria
At least three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram fighters ambushed a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, security and civilian
19 October 2017, 18:17 PM
Kenya election chief casts doubt on fair poll
Kenya's polls chief yesterday cast doubt on his organisation's ability to hold a credible vote next week, pointing to internal divisions
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
29 killed in central Nigeria violence
At least 29 people were killed in a new flare-up of violence in central Nigeria targeting people sheltered in a primary school, prompting
17 October 2017, 18:00 PM