Category: World
Twenty missing after falling from boat in rough seas off Libya’s coast
Twenty people are missing after falling into the sea from a tilting boat after it started to take in water in rough seas about 20 [more…]
Critic wrongly jailed by former president of Philippines hopes to return to politics
Leila de Lima, one of fiercest critics of the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs” who was jailed for more than six [more…]
South Korea plane crash investigators extract data from Jeju Air black box
Investigators in South Korea have extracted data from one of two black boxes retrieved from a Jeju Air plane that crashed shortly after landing on [more…]
Top Venezuelan pianist urges music world to snub youth orchestra linked to Maduro
One of Venezuela’s most celebrated musicians, the pianist Gabriela Montero, has called on concert halls and music promoters to cut ties with her country’s world-renowned [more…]
Ecuador confirms incinerated bodies belong to missing ‘Guayaquil Four’ boys
Ecuador’s attorney general’s office has confirmed that incinerated bodies found on Christmas Eve belong to the four children missing since early December, in a case [more…]
US releases one of longest-held Guantánamo Bay detainees to Tunisia
A Tunisian national who had become one of Guantánamo Bay’s longest-held detainees has been released from the US military compound, the Pentagon announced on Monday [more…]
World of dance mourns death of ‘brilliant light’ Dada Masilo at age of 39
The dance world is mourning the internationally acclaimed South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, who died in hospital at the weekend aged 39. Masilo [more…]
Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof was ‘scathing about African leaders’, files reveal
The Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof urged Tony Blair not to appoint an African co-chair to the UK-led organisation working to overhaul international aid to [more…]
Labour government discussed Tanzania asylum camp plan in 2004, files show
Tony Blair’s government discussed diverting £2m earmarked to prevent conflict in Africa in order to fund a controversial pilot scheme to process and house asylum-seekers [more…]
Havana syndrome patients reportedly promised healthcare that never came
A leaked letter purportedly written by a senior US military official and published on social media on Monday highlights stark contradictions in the government’s approach [more…]
