Haitians shelter in sports center as fresh attacks displace nearly 9,000
August 27, 2023 3:25 AM PORT-AU- Hundreds of people are crammed into small white tents in the courtyard of a sports center in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, drying clothes on…
Biggest Loch Ness monster search in decades gets under way
August 27, 2023 2:39 AM Drones with thermal scanners, boats with infrared cameras and an underwater hydrophone are deployed to try to unravel a mystery that has captivated the world…
Nigeria’s Tinubu to meet US president at U.N. General Assembly
August 27, 2023 2:37 AM Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will meet U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month, his…
Thousands in Washington mark 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr ‘dream’ speech
August 27, 2023 2:26 AM WASHINGTON – Thousands of Americans on Saturday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a pivotal event in the 1960s US civil rights…
Ukrainian commander urges more defences in the north-east
August 27, 2023 2:12 AM KYIV, Ukraine – As Kyiv and Washington debate where Ukraine should commit troops along the war’s front line, Ukraine’s top general in the east has…
Decades-old antisemitic flyer threatens to upend German state vote
August 27, 2023 12:37 AM An antisemitic flyer distributed at a German secondary school more than three decades ago is at the centre of a dispute that threatens to engulf…
Exiled Russian journalist describes ‘poisoning’ ordeal on German train
August 27, 2023 12:07 AM Despite the murders of four of her colleagues for their reporting, Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko never considered she had been poisoned when she fell ill…
Three Ukrainian military pilots die in mid-air collision
August 26, 2023 10:25 PM Three Ukrainian pilots have died after two L-39 trainer aircraft collided in mid-air in central Ukraine, the country’s air force said in a statement on…
Nine dead after fire in stationary train carriage in southern India
August 26, 2023 10:01 PM Nine people died on Saturday after a fire broke out in a stationary train carriage in the southern Indian city of Madurai, in Tamil Nadu…
Niger orders troops to go on ‘maximum alert’
August 26, 2023 8:36 PM The junta in Niger has ordered its armed forces to go on highest alert, citing an increased threat of attack, according to an internal document…