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
Ailing Buhari absent from Nigeria party
Nigeria's ailing president was glaringly absent yesterday as his deputy marked their two years in power, with no word on the head of
29 May 2017, 18:00 PM
South Africa's Zuma survives calls to resign
South African President Jacob Zuma survived fresh calls within the ruling ANC party for him to resign, party officials said yesterday, as
29 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Sudan's Bashir to skip Trump-Muslim summit
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, will not join an Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Macron visits French troops in Mali
President Emmanuel Macron arrived yesterday in conflict-torn Mali to visit French troops fighting jihadists on his first official trip outside
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Ebola outbreak declared in DR Congo: WHO
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said
12 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Brazil's Lula faces corruption court
Brazil's former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, backed by hundreds of red-shirted supporters, was due in
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
7,000 migrants detained in Libya
Between 7,000 and 8,000 migrants mostly from sub-Saharan Africa are being held in Libyan detention centres after
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Four UN peacekeepers killed in C Africa
Three more UN peacekeepers have been found dead after an attack on a convoy in the Central African Republic, UN
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
S Sudan child refugees top one million: UN
War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the
8 May 2017, 18:00 PM
35 killed in school bus crash in Tanzania
Thirty-two schoolchildren, two teachers and a minibus driver where killed in Tanzania when their vehicle plunged into
7 May 2017, 18:00 PM
35 killed in Tanzania school minibus crash
Thirty-two schoolchildren, two teachers and a minibus driver are killed in Tanzania when their vehicle plunged into a roadside ravine in the northern tourist region of Arusha, a senior police official says.
7 May 2017, 07:15 AM
Five dead in suicide attack in Nigeria
Five people were killed in two suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria, police said yesterday, in the latest attacks blamed
5 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Forces mistakenly kill Somali minister
Somalia's minister of public works and reconstruction Abbas Abdullahi Siraji, 31, was killed in Mogadishu on Wednesday in what was
4 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Nigeria's leader urged to take medical leave
Nigerian civil society activists called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take long-term medical leave yesterday,
2 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Obama did everything to beat me
Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan has blamed Barack Obama for his 2015 presidential election defeat to Muhammadu
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM
20 people dead as boat capsizes in Senegal
At least 20 people, almost all women, were killed when a wooden boat capsized off Senegal's central coast in a delta region popular with
25 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Three nations chosen to test first vaccine
Ghana, Kenya and Malawi will pilot the world's first malaria vaccine from 2018, offering it for babies and children in high-risk areas as
24 April 2017, 18:00 PM
S Sudan violence amounts to 'genocide': UK
Targeted killings of specific ethnic groups in South Sudan's civil war amount to "genocide", according to Britain's International
13 April 2017, 18:36 PM
22 dead in blaze at Senegal retreat
A fire tore through makeshift straw shelters at a Muslim religious retreat in Senegal, killing at least 22 people and triggering a stampede,
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Graft probes target 9 Brazil ministers
Brazil's corruption crisis struck the heart of President Michel Temer's government Tuesday with the opening of probes
12 April 2017, 18:00 PM