Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has survived a gun assault on his convoy while holding a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad. He was wounded in the…
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Nigeria: Police launch search for 21 abducted farm workers
Police in Nigeria are searching for 21 people abducted by gunmen while working on farmland whose owner is believed to have owed the alleged kidnappers coerced payments. Katsina state police…
Algeria: Saudi Arabia and UAE not attending first Arab League summit in two years
The first Arab League summit since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is set to begin in Algeria, but political divisions continue to rankle among the regional organisation’s members. Arab…
Denmark: Elections pave way for change in nation’s political landscape
Polling stations across Denmark have closed in a national election expected to change the Scandinavian nation’s political landscape, as the country’s former prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen looked set to become…
Nigeria: Music star Davido’s three-year-old son drowns
The three-year-old son of Nigerian music star Davido has died in an apparent drowning in the the swimming pool at the singer’s house, according to police. The singer, whose real…
Australia: Campers run for their lives as Lions escape zoo
Sydney’s Taronga Zoo has rushed people camping at the park to safety after discovering five African lions had managed to escape their enclosure. The zoo found the lions – a…
Kenya: Dida, Africa’s ‘largest’ female tusked elephant, dies at about 65
Dida, an elephant in Kenya believed to have been Africa’s largest female tusker, has died of old age, according to wildlife officials. Famed for her long tusks and popular with…
Israel: Netanyahu to return as Israel’s PM
At the Lydd (Lod) branch of the Arab-Jewish Hadash party, six activists sat in a semicircle of plastic chairs watching the exit polls of the fifth Israeli election in just…
USA: Elon Musk becomes sole director after firing Twitter’s board
Tesla CEO becomes sole director of social media giant after finalising $44bn takeover. The billionaire took over the social media company last week, ending months of back and forth over…
Lebanon: President Michel Aoun leaves office amid crisis
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has vacated the presidential palace with no successor in line to replace him as the divided country struggles to recover from a years-long financial crisis. Addressing…