UN Accuses Israel Of ‘Massive’ Violation Of Child Rights Treaty In Gaza UN committee says horrific impact on children from Israel’s war on Gaza will have an ‘extremely dark place in history’. A United Nations commi […]

Hong Kong Man Sentenced To 14 Months In Jail For ‘Seditious’ T-shirt Chu Kai-pong is the first person to be convicted under Article 23, the China-ruled city’s tough new national security law. A Hong Kong man h […]

Russia-Ukraine War: List Of Key Events, Day 937 As the war enters its 937th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Fighting At […]

Teamsters Union Says Won’t Endorse Harris or Trump In US Election Influential union backed every Democratic presidential candidate since 2000, but declines to make endorsement this year. The International […]

China Sanctions US Defence Firms Over Arms Sales To Taiwan Beijing tells Washington to ‘stop conniving and supporting Taiwan independence’. China has imposed sanctions on nine US defence firms over sal […]

Ukraine’s Boxing Champion Usyk Released After Brief Poland Detention Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy said he was ‘outraged’ over the detention of his country’s ‘champion’ in Poland. Undisputed heavyweight […]

Facebook Owner Meta Bans RT, Other Russian State Media Tech giant’s announcement comes days after Washington unveiled sanctions against Russian state media. Meta, the owner of Facebook and I […]

‘I Am A Rapist’: French Man Admits To Drugging And Mass Rape Of His Ex-wife Dominique Pelicot, 71, admits to drugging his ex-wife so that dozens of other men could rape her and begs for forgiveness. Dominique Pelicot […]

Tribal Violence Over Papua New Guinea Mines Kills At least 20 As clashes in Porgera Valley intensify, authorities allow police to use ‘lethal force’ to quell violence. Papua New Guinea has given pol […]

Japan’s Elderly Population Rises To Record 36.25 Million Japanese aged 65 or older now account for nearly 30 percent of the population, government data shows. Japan’s elderly population has hit a r […]

Russia-Ukraine War: List Of Key Events, Day 934 As the war enters its 934th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Monday, September 16, 2024. Fighting At least […]

‘Canelo’ Alvarez Pummels Berlanga To Retain Super Middle Weight Boxing Belt Undisputed super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez outpoints challenger Edgar Berlanga. Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez […]

Russia-Ukraine War: List Of Key Events, Day 933 As the war enters its 933rd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Sunday, September 15, 2024. Fighting At […]

Russia And Ukraine Exchange 103 Prisoners Each In Deal Mediated By UAE It is the second such exchange since Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region on August 6. Russia and Ukraine have e […]

UN Head Slams Security Council For Failure To End Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine Wars United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Security Council is an “outdated,” “unfair” and “ineffective system” whose failure to […]

Ronaldo Becomes First Individual With One Billion Social Media Followers Ronaldo surpasses 639 million followers on Instagram, 170 million on Facebook, 60 million on YouTube and 113 million on X. Portugal football […]

Deadly Israeli Attack On UN-run School-turned-shelter Sparks Global Outrage The attack on al-Jaouni school, which killed more than a dozen Palestinians, has drawn condemnation from the UN and EU. An Israeli strike on a […]

Nigeria Floods Affect One Million People After Dam Collapse Authorities in Borno State rush to provide shelter for residents displaced by the severe flooding. The collapse of a dam in northeast Nigeria […]

Alberto Fujimori, Ex-president Of Peru Jailed For Rights Abuses, Dies At 86 Polarising Latin American leader had been released from prison in December on humanitarian grounds. Alberto Fujimori, the polarising former […]

Protesters Storm Mexico’s Senate To Disrupt Judicial Reform Debate Hundreds of protesters broke into Mexico’s Senate as lawmakers weighed a radical reform to overhaul the country’s judiciary, forcing the upper hou […]