Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight champion

Posted on Sunday May 19, 2024

Ukraine's Usyk beat UK's Fury by a split decision to become the first unifying title fighter since 1999.


Can the world’s top court stop Israel’s offensive in Rafah?

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Israel refutes South Africa's accusation that its Gaza military campaign is a genocidal act against Palestinians.


UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gaza

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Israel says it recovered remains of one captive while Hamas claims several attacks against Israeli troops across Gaza.


Israel’s Gantz demands Gaza post-war plan, threatens to quit gov’t

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Netanyahu rival lays out six-point strategy, including forming an international coalition to help govern Gaza after war.


Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Freezing hundreds of billions of dollars in lenders' assets was part of dispute over gas project halted by sanctions.


At least 23 people missing off Tunisia coast, authorities say

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Search and rescue operations under way while five suspects have been arrested, Tunisian National Guard says.


Georgia’s president vetoes controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

President Salome Zourabichvili says the law is 'Russian in its essence', but parliament is expected to overturn veto.


Vietnam nominates public security minister to be new president

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

To Lam has been public security chief since 2016 and has taken a hard line on human rights movements in the country.


Three Afghans, three Spanish tourists killed in Bamyan shooting

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Group of tourists and their companions was fired on while walking through a market in central Afghanistan.


Violent protests rage in France’s New Caledonia amid growing civil unrest

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

France’s Pacific Islands territory has been rocked by riots for nearly a week over planned electoral reforms.


Are seed-sowing drones the answer to global deforestation?

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Drones are being used to replant degraded areas of forest in Brazil - how successful have they been so far?


Slovak PM Fico in ‘serious condition’ as shooting suspect appears in court

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Court near Bratislava rules that man accused in assassination attempt will be held in custody.


Sri Lanka’s killing fields cast a long shadow

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Impunity for crimes committed during the civil war has fuelled post-war repression in Sri Lanka.


Israel’s PR battle is getting harder

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Eight months into the war on Gaza, disunity and disarray is making Israel’s PR and messaging much tougher.


Death toll rises to six in New Caledonia riots as unrest spreads

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Hundreds of heavily armed marines and police patrol the French territory's capital Noumea after a night of violence.


At least 50 killed in heavy rains, floods in Afghanistan’s Ghor province

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Officials in the central region expect the number of casualties to increase as rising waters destroy thousands of homes.


Zelenskyy warns Russia’s Kharkiv offensive may only be ‘first wave’

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

New laws overhauling army mobilisation rules in Ukraine take effect in effort to address acute troop shortages.


Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Analysts question whether EU grants to Lebanon have anything to do with getting its economy out of the hole it is in.


Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 814

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

As the war enters its 814th day, these are the main developments.


‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended in time

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

Once a royal city in ancient Laos, Luang Prabang is home to Buddhist temples nestled in a valley on the Mekong River.


India’s biggest election prize: Can the Gandhi family survive Modi?

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

The pocket boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli have stood by the first family of Indian politics through ups and downs.


Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk: Foul-mouthed Fury shoves Usyk at weigh-in

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

'Forget his belts. I'm coming for his heart, he's getting it tomorrow,' Fury threatened in a brief bust-up with Usyk.


Has India’s Muslim population really exploded?

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

A new government report claims that India's Muslim population share has grown 43 percent since 1950. What's the truth?


California farmworkers cheer new housing in town scarred by mass shooting

Posted on Saturday May 18, 2024

California's high cost of living has pushed many agricultural labourers into cramped and unserviced housing.


International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests

Posted on Friday May 17, 2024

Reliant on visas to remain in the US, foreign students face heightened consequences for involvement in campus protests.


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