Author: Loneson Mondo

Rebel police officers rioted in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday in protest at the killing of more than a dozen colleagues by criminal gangs. The rioting officers blame the government…

Notorious Colombian cocaine trafficker Dairo Antonio Úsuga, also known as Otoniel, has pleaded guilty to drug charges in a US court. Otoniel was the leader of Colombia’s most powerful criminal…

Japanese police are on the hunt for a person who sent bomb and death threats to hundreds of schools, prompting hasty closures. The threats were faxed to high schools and…

Now it’s over, we can say it: a biggish asteroid passed by Earth a short while ago. About the size of a minibus, the space rock, known as 2023 BU,…

Nine Palestinians have been killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank – the deadliest in years – Palestinian officials say. A woman aged 60 was reported…

The memorial service for Gambia’s Vice-President Alieu Badara Joof has taken place at the country’s parliament after his death last week at the age of 66. He was in India…

The production of opium increased sharply in Myanmar, rising to a nine-year high, according to the UN. It touched nearly 795 metric tonnes in 2022, nearly double the production in…

Peru’s President Dina Boluarte has called for a “national truce” after protests rocked the country since her predecessor Pedro Castillo was ousted on 7 December. Following her speech, thousands of…

DR Congo has declared Rwanda’s shooting of one of its fighter jets an “act of war”, amid mounting tensions. Rwanda’s government said it took “defensive measures” against a plane that…

Burkina Faso has confirmed that it wants 400 French troops stationed there to leave within a month. Government spokesman Jean-Emmanuel Ouedraogo said the country, which is battling jihadist extremism, wanted…