Over 114 civilians killed in paramilitary forces attacks in W. Sudan: local...
Khartoum [Sudan], April 13: More than 114 civilians were killed in attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on two displacement camps over the...
Australian PM candidates formally launch election campaigns
Sydney [Australia], April 13: Australia's Prime Ministerial candidates have formally launched their election campaigns with multi-billion-dollar housing and tax policy announcements.
Zelensky says air defense Ukraine's top priority
Kiev [Ukraine], April 13: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that strengthening air defense capabilities is currently Ukraine's top priority.
Sri Lankan navy seizes heroin, meth off western coast
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 13: The Sri Lankan navy has seized over 100 kg of heroin and crystal methamphetamine from a fishing trawler during an...
Trump admin can't withhold Maine lunch funds over trans athlete policy: Judge
New York [US], April 13: President Donald Trump's administration cannot cut off Maine's federal school lunch funding over the state's refusal to ban transgender women...
Gaza 'hell on earth' as hospital supplies running out, warns head of...
Gaza [Palestine], April 13: The president of the Red Cross described the humanitarian situation in Gaza on Friday as "hell on earth" and warned that...
Trump spares smartphones, computers, other electronics from China tariffs
New York [US], April 13: President Donald Trump's administration granted exclusions from steep reciprocal tariffs to smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from...
Panama opposition slams security pact with the US
Panama City [Panama], April 13: Opposition politicians in Panama have accused the United States of launching a "camouflaged invasion" of the country after President Donald...
Russia attacks Ukraine with 88 drones
Kiev [Ukraine], April 13: At least four people were injured in 88 Russian drone attacks overnight and early Saturday morning that targetted the Ukrainian capital...
Germany's Merz expects his govt to take office on May 6
Berlin [Germany], April 13: Germany's incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz expects his new conservative-led government to take office on May 6, he told a business newspaper.
Manchester Arena bomb plotter attacks prison guards with hot oil
London [UK], April 13: In Britain, Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi has attacked three prison guards with hot cooking oil, the Prison Officers' Association...
Over 1,560 killed since Israel broke Gaza truce
Gaza [Palestine], April 13: The number of people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Israel broke a ceasefire with the Palestinian armed group Hamas...
Trump officials end 'protected status' for Afghans, Cameroonians
New York [US], April 13: The administration of President Donald Trump has moved to end legal protections for thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians legally living...
Denmark extends border controls with Germany due to terrorism threat
Copenhagen [Denmark], April 13: Denmark is extending its border controls with Germany for another six months, as the threat of terrorism against Denmark remains serious,...
Sudan Doctors Network condemns death of 10 medics in North Darfur
Omdurman [Sudan], April 13: The Sudan Doctors Network on Saturday condemned the death of 10 medical staff killed within two days during attacks by Rapid...
'Russia may deploy nuclear weapons in space'
Brussels [Belgium], April 13: NATO is concerned that Russia could soon deploy nuclear weapons in space, according to a report in the Welt am Sonntag...
Gabon holds first elections since coup
Dakar [Senegal], April 13: Voters in Gabon were heading to the polls on Saturday for the first presidential election following a military coup over a...
Violent storms batter Beijing, parts of northern China
Beijing [China], April 13: Storms and strong gusts of wind gusts are wreaking havoc in China's capital Beijing and some northern regions of the country.
Mass rally in Bangladesh demands end to Israeli assaults on Gaza
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 13: Tens of thousands of people gathered in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Saturday to protest what organizers described as "genocide and ethnic...
Final push for global pandemic treaty to begin on Tuesday in Geneva
Geneva [Switzerland], April 13: Negotiators are entering the final stretch in protracted efforts to forge a global pandemic treaty aimed at preventing the chaos seen...
Bomb explodes outside Greece's railway company's offices in Athens
Athens [Greece], April 12: A bomb exploded Friday night outside the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece's railway company that operates passenger and freight trains, national...
Rwanda's urban inflation rises by 6.5% year-on-year in March
Kigali [Rwanda], April 12: Rwanda's urban inflation rose sharply in March 2025, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increasing by 6.5 percent compared to the...
Zambia launches construction of power transmission line to Tanzania
Lusaka [Zambia], April 12: Zambia on Friday launched the construction of a power transmission line connected to Tanzania as well as the eastern African power...
Tanzanian opposition leader charged with treason
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], April 12: Tanzania's opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been charged with treason and dissemination of false information ahead of the 2025...
Security beefed up following unrest in NE Ghana
Accra [Ghana], April 12: Ghanaian police have beefed up security in several communities in the northeastern region following recent unrest that left one person dead...
UN calls for peaceful, transparent presidential election in Gabon
Libreville [Gabon], April 12: Abdou Abarry, special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Africa and head of the United Nations regional office for Central...
Namibia opens Africa's first green iron plant
Windhoek [Namibia], April 12: Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Friday inaugurated Africa's first industrial-scale green iron plant, a facility that produces iron with zero carbon...