Politics
Thousands lose power supply after Russia attacks frontline region, Ukraine says
Nearly 60,000 people were deprived of power supply after Russia’s overnight air attack on Ukraine’s frontline region of Zaporizhzhia, while two people ...Families separated, children killed as survivors flee Sudan’s ‘apocalyptic’ El-Fasher
Survivors fleeing the Sudanese city of El-Fasher told AFP on Saturday that paramilitary fighters separated families and killed children in front of ...Hundreds feared dead in Tanzania crackdown on election protests
Tanzania’s main opposition party said on Friday hundreds of people had been killed in protests over elections this week, as the U.N. ...After the tears, anger on Rio’s blood-stained streets
By Louis GENOT AFP In a Rio de Janeiro favela, a little boy wore a T-shirt stained with red paint mimicking the ...Israel kills more than 100 in strikes after soldier’s death, says it still backs ceasefire
By Jana Choukeir, Emily Rose and Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Israel said on Wednesday it remains committed to the U.S.-backed ceasefire in Gaza, despite ...New protests in Tanzania’s main city after chaotic election
Police in Tanzania’s main city of Dar es Salaam fired gunshots and teargas on Thursday to disperse protesters who returned to the ...Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban government in Istanbul failed after 4 days
BY SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMED AP Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s ...Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa, island’s strongest storm on record
By Darryl Coote UPI At least three people are dead in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa, the world’s strongest storm so far this ...Sudanese force’s capture of Darfur city could entrench country’s split
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters A Sudanese paramilitary force is battling the last pockets of resistance in a Darfur city ...Israel insists it calls shots in Gaza despite truce
By Dave Clark AFP Israel insisted on Sunday that it will maintain control of security inside Gaza despite signing up to a ...














