Category: World
Supporters of Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales take about 20 soldiers hostage
Supporters of Bolivia’s ex-president Evo Morales stormed a barracks in the central Chapare region and took about 20 soldiers hostage, military sources said on Friday, [more…]
Botswana president concedes defeat in election after party’s six-decade rule
Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has conceded defeat in Wednesday’s elections, which his Botswana Democratic party lost by a landslide after nearly six decades in power. [more…]
Weather tracker: More rain forecast in Spain as storms push in
The low-pressure system responsible for Spain’s most devastating floods in decades in Valencia also set new rainfall records across south-eastern Spain. In Jerez de la [more…]
Not one government has paid into fund for victims of Uganda warlord, says ICC
Not a single country has contributed towards reparations for the victims and survivors of the Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen, despite the international criminal court awarding [more…]
Marielle Franco murder: ex-police jailed for decades over crime that shook Brazil
Two former police officers who confessed to the murder of the Rio city councillor Marielle Franco have been sentenced to decades in prison for their [more…]
Canada judge halts medically assisted death of woman in rare injunction
A British Columbia judge has issued a rare, last-minute injunction barring a woman from accessing euthanasia after physicians in her home province refused to approve [more…]
Almost two dozen countries at high risk of acute hunger, UN report reveals
Acute food insecurity is expected to worsen in war-stricken Sudan and nearly two dozen other countries and territories in the next six months, largely as [more…]
UN rules forcible sterilizations of women in Peru ‘crime against humanity’
A UN committee has urged Peru to compensate women who were forcibly sterilised in the 1990s, ruling that the state policy could constitute a “crime [more…]
Scientists discover oldest ever giant tadpole fossil in Argentina
Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160m years ago. The new fossil, found in Argentina, surpasses the [more…]
Canada alleges Indian minister behind plot to target Sikh separatists
The Canadian government has publicly alleged that India’s home affairs minister, Amit Shah, the prime minister, Narendra Modi’s, closest political ally, was behind a recent [more…]