The Democratic Republic of Congo government has offered a reward of $5m (£4m) for help arresting three leaders of a rebel group which has seized much of the east of…
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Iran: Supreme leader criticises ‘bullying countries’ after Trump letter for nuclear talks
Iran’s Supreme leader has criticised “bullying” countries in an apparent response to Donald Trump’s letter demanding negotiations over its nuclear programme. Trump said on Friday he had warned Tehran in…
UK: Next James Bond should be British, Pierce Brosnan says
Actor Pierce Brosnan has said it is a “given” that the next James Bond should be British. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, the former Bond also said he…
India: Rap rebel makes a comeback after battling addiction
About 15 years ago, an Indian rapper of humble origins broke onto the country’s then-infertile hip-hop music scene and transformed it forever. He teased, cajoled and vexed his listeners, daring…
India: Israeli tourist and homestay host gang-raped
Two women were gang-raped and a man was killed in an attack near a popular Unesco World Heritage site in southern India, according to police. The two women – an…
USA: Migrant deported in chains
Gurpreet Singh was handcuffed, his legs shackled and a chain tied around his waist. He was led on to the tarmac in Texas by US Border Patrol, towards a waiting…
Australia: Storm Alfred ‘like jet airliners over roof’
A singer in Australia when a cyclone hit said it sounded like “three of four jet airliners roaring over the roof”. David Harrop from Warwickshire, who was in Brisbane, Queensland,…
Australia: Mass blackouts in storm-hit east coast.
Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power in Australia after a cyclone brought wild weather to the east coast. Communities in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW)…
Syria: President Ahmed Sharaa calls for peace after hundreds of civilians killed
Syria’s leader Ahmed Sharaa has called for peace after days of clashes where Syrian security forces have allegedly killed hundreds of civilians from the Alawite religious minority. The UK-based Syrian…
Americas: US and Canada trade barbs, it’s so far so good for Mexico’s Sheinbaum
In announcing the decision to postpone some tariffs on Mexico for another month, US President Donald Trump was at pains to praise his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum. “I did this…