Category: World
Police search for woman who escaped Panama hotel where US deportees are being held
Police are searching for a Chinese woman who escaped from a downtown Panama City hotel where she was being held following her deportation from the [more…]
Nigeria sues crypto giant Binance for $81.5bn in economic losses and back tax
Nigeria has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Binance to pay $79.5bn for economic losses the country’s government says were caused by the cryptocurrency exchange’s [more…]
The Ugandan arts centre bringing harmony to Africa’s biggest refugee camp
The sound of a flute floats towards five young men in the 1,000-seat Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre theatre in Uganda – the country that [more…]
Sudan paramilitary group kills more than 200 people in three-day attack, activists say
Sudanese paramilitaries have killed more than 200 people in a three-day assault south of Khartoum, according to a lawyers’ network, while the army-backed government put [more…]
UN rights body accuses Rwanda-backed militia of killing children in eastern DRC
The UN human rights office accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of killing three children in Bukavu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo city they captured [more…]
AK-47 attack on Brazil mayor was set-up to boost election campaign, police say
As campaign strategies go it was unorthodox and illegal: buy an AK-47, hire a pair of phony hitmen, and stage a fake assassination attempt against [more…]
New footage shows Delta plane flipping over in fiery crash landing in Toronto
Footage has emerged of the fiery plane crash at Toronto’s Pearson airport on Monday, showing the Delta Air Lines jet skidding along the runway and [more…]
Six soldiers in Guyana injured in clash with suspected Venezuela-based gang
Six soldiers in Guyana have been injured after armed men in neighboring Venezuela opened fire, in an attack expected to further heighten tensions between the [more…]
Javier Milei faces impeachment calls after Argentina cryptocurrency collapse
Opposition politicians in Argentina have called for the impeachment of President Javier Milei after he touted a cryptocurrency which quickly collapsed and reportedly led to [more…]
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture eastern DRC’s second-largest city
M23 rebels have captured and occupied Bukavu, the second-largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Congolese government has confirmed, days after [more…]