Politics
Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
By Alex Wroblewski in Atlanta with Susan Stumme in Washington AFP Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate ...Death toll rises to 179 in South Korean plane crash
BY HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG AP The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed ...Turkey’s jailed PKK leader is reported to suggest he might be ready to end insurgency
The jailed leader of Turkey’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, has been quoted as indicating he may be prepared to ...Israeli soldiers burn hospital in North Gaza after removing staff, patients
Israeli soldiers stormed and burned a hospital in isolated northern Gaza after forcibly removing staff and patients on Friday, Health Ministry officials said. The ...Mozambicans flee to neighbouring Malawi amid post-election unrest
More than 2,000 Mozambican families have sought refuge in Malawi this week, Malawian authorities said, as dozens of people were reported killed ...Israeli strikes hit Yemen as Netanyahu fires warning
Israeli air strikes pummelled Sanaa’s international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday, with Huthi rebel media reporting six deaths. World ...South Korea’s acting president Han Duck-Soo impeached as Yoon goes on trial
By Hyunsu Yim and Joyce Lee Reuters South Korea’s parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday, less than two weeks after ...Assad loyalists attack new Syrian regime in first major retaliation
Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an “ambush” by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, ...Mozambique prison riot kills 33 as civil unrest grips the country
A prison riot in Mozambique’s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country’s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said ...Russia targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Christmas Day
BY ILLIA NOVIKOV, Associated Press Russia launched a massive missile and drone barrage targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday, striking a thermal ...