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More than a dozen pupils killed in ‘devastating’ primary school fire in Kenya At least 17 pupils have been killed and another 13 seriously injured after a fire ravaged through the dormitory of a boarding school north of Nairobi, police said Friday. An investigation has been launched into the...

Summer 2024 hottest ever recorded on the planet, EU climate change monitor says Scientists have confirmed that summer 2024 broke global heat records for the second consecutive year, making 2024 likely to be the hottest year in recorded history. Data from Copernicus, Europe’s climate change...

Blinken urges Israel, Hamas to finalise truce, says '90 percent agreed' US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged Israel and Hamas to finalise a Gaza truce, stating that 90% of a deal was ready. Blinken added that the US would offer further ideas via Egypt and Qatar. However, in an...

US calls for renewal of UN security mission mandate in Haiti US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged renewing the United Nations mandate for an international security mission in Haiti. The mission, expiring in early October, was initially approved for 12 months but has struggled...

🔴 Live: UK to supply Ukraine with hundreds of new missiles The UK will send Ukraine 650 new specialist missile systems to boost its air defences, London said Friday, weeks after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised the pace of weapons deliveries. Follow our liveblog for the latest...

Hunter Biden officially pleads guilty in tax evasion case, avoiding a trial Hunter Biden pleaded guilty Thursday to federal tax charges, avoiding a potentially embarrassing trial for President Joe Biden's son. Sentencing is set for December 16. The surprise move ends months of legal uncertainty...

Telegram chief Durov denounces French charges as 'surprising' and 'misguided' Telegram CEO Pavel Durov criticised France for his recent arrest over extremist content on the platform. In his first public comment on Telegram, Durov called it "surprising" he was arrested for third-party actions...

Blinken hears of progress made on Haiti gang violence, pushes for elections US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to Haiti on Thursday to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over some 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and push for long-awaited...

French woman says police investigation of mass rape trauma 'saved her life' Gisele Pelicot, 71, whose husband has admitted to recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her while she was drugged, took the stand for the first time on Thursday and said that police had saved her life by uncovering the...

UK launches investigation into Ticketmaster's pricing for Oasis reunion tour The UK's competition watchdog launched on Thursday an investigation into Ticketmaster over its handling of ticket sales for Oasis's highly anticipated reunion tour, following complaints of sudden price hikes due to...

German police kill gunman suspected of targeting Israeli consulate in Munich An 18-year-old Austrian man was shot dead by German police in Munich on Thursday after opening fire near the Israeli consulate and the Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism. While the motive for the...

Why Russia is accusing its own scientists of treason A prominent Russian scientist specialising in hypersonic technology has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of treason. His conviction is the latest in a series of arrests targeting researchers since the beginning of the war in...

The long political career of France's new prime minister, Michel Barnier Formerly a foreign minister and the EU's Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier has had a long political career under a series of centre-right governments starting in the mid-1990s under late president Jacques Chirac. When...

🔴 Live: Macron names former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as PM French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday named Michel Barnier, 73, as the country's new prime minister. The long-awaited announcement comes some two months after no party won an outright majority in snap elections, leading to...

Haiti expands state of emergency over gang violence to whole country Haiti’s state of emergency has been expanded to cover the entire territory due to the violent gangs that have already taken over much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and are expanding into nearby regions. The violence has...

France’s newest nuclear reactor shuts itself down France’s newest nuclear reactor automatically shut itself down Wednesday, a day after starting up for the first time. The state-owned operator said there was no need for concern and that shutdowns can happen during such “long and complicated”...

🔴 Live: Putin says Russia’s No. 1 priority remains to capture Ukraine’s Donbas region President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that Russia’s "primary objective" remains to capture Ukraine’s Donbas region and that efforts to slow Moscow’s advance through the Kursk incursion had failed...

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei dies after boyfriend set her on fire Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from her injuries after being doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend, the country’s Olympic Committee announced Thursday. Cheptegei sustained burns to 80...

Turkey’s ‘balancing act’ with BRICS bid raises NATO concerns Turkey’s application to join the BRICS bloc, led by Russia and China, is sparking concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's commitment to NATO. The move, by a member of the world’s most powerful military alliance, highlights the...

DR Congo due to receive its first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine The Democratic Republic of Congo, currently at the epicentre of an mpox outbreak, will on Thursday receive its first 100,000 doses of vaccines against the disease. More than 17,500 cases and 629 deaths have been recorded in the...