World
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At least ‘hundreds’ confirmed dead after Hurricane Ian ripped through Florida
Hundreds of people have been killed after the historic Hurricane Ian decimated Florida, a sheriff in the hardest-hit region revealed early Thursday, September 29. The death toll is expected to increa…
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Long-awaited Rwanda genocide trial starts despite suspect’s boycott
A U.N. tribunal in The Hague opened the genocide trial on Thursday of a Rwandan businessman captured two years ago after decades on the run, with judges saying the hearing must go on despite the susp…
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India’s top court legalises abortion regardless of marital status
India’s top court on Thursday upheld the right of a woman to an abortion up to 24 weeks into pregnancy regardless of marital status, a decision widely hailed by women’s rights activists. The right to…
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Pounds tumble, PM Truss strongly defends floppy economic plans as dollar rises
Sterling fell as much as 1% on Thursday before cutting some of its losses, as the dollar wavered and British Prime Minister Liz Truss defended the government’s economic plans that have contributed to…
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Russia set to annex Ukraine territory; West warns of new sanctions
Russia was poised to annex a swath of Ukraine within days, releasing what it called vote tallies showing overwhelming support in four provinces to join it, after what Ukraine and the West denounced a…
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo ends – WHO
The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended six weeks after it was first declared, the World Health Organisation has announced. There had been only one confirmed case in t…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fires missiles in Iraqi sites, killing 9
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they fired missiles and drones at militant targets in the Kurdish region of neighbouring northern Iraq, where an official said nine people were killed. T…
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Guinea 2009 stadium massacre victims hope for justice as trial starts
The trial begins on Wednesday of eleven men accused of responsibility for a 2009 stadium massacre and mass rape by Guinean security forces that survivors and family members hope will bring them justi…
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Prospective jurors in Oath Keepers trial compare Jan. 6 Capitol attack to 9/11
The trial of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday heard some prospective jurors express fears that relivin…
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Border-crossing asylum-seekers hit six-year high in Canada
The number of asylum-seekers entering Canada between formal border crossings has surged to the highest point since the government started tracking them in 2017, as dropped pandemic restrictions enabl…