Politics
First COVID, now floods empty South Africa’s eastern beach resorts
After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic keeping tourists away, South African resorts along the popular eastern Indian Ocean coastline were hoping ...Russia launches ‘Battle of Donbas’ on eastern front, Ukraine says
Russian forces have launched their anticipated offensive in eastern Ukraine, attempting to push through defences along almost the entire front line early ...Israel downs Gaza rocket, admonishes Jordan as Jerusalem tensions simmer
Israel shot down a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Israeli military said, the first such attack in months ...Joint West African force says more than 100 insurgents killed in recent weeks
A joint military force from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon said on Sunday it had killed more than 100 Islamist insurgents, including 10 ...Missiles strike Lviv, bodies in streets of Mariupol
Ukrainian authorities said missiles struck the western city of Lviv on Monday, killing six, and explosions rocked other cities as Russian forces ...Russia demands Ukrainian surrender in Mariupol
Russia gave holdout Ukrainian soldiers an ultimatum on Sunday to lay down arms in the pulverised southeastern port of Mariupol which Moscow ...Myanmar junta says 1,600 prisoners to be freed in holiday amnesty
Relatives of hundreds of prisoners gathered outside Myanmar’s Insein Prison on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 prisoners ...U.S. arrests 210,000 migrants at Mexico border in March, rivaling record highs
U.S. border authorities arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to cross the border with Mexico in March, the highest monthly total in two decades ...Russia hits Kyiv, Lviv after flagship sunk
Russia’s warplanes bombed Lviv and its missiles struck Kyiv on Saturday, as Moscow followed through on a threat to launch more long-range ...Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site, 152 injured
At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, the latest outbreak ...