Australia’s dirtiest power plant – responsible for more than 3% of the country’s emissions – will shut a decade earlier than planned. The coal-fired Loy Yang A power station in…
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West Bank: Four Palestinians killed during Israeli raid
Four Palestinians have been killed and 44 wounded during a raid by Israeli forces in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials say. One of the dead was…
Iraq: Thirteen killed as Iran attacks Kurdish groups blamed for protests
Thirteen people have been killed in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, officials say, as Iran launched missiles and armed drones at what it said were bases of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups. A…
Netherlands: Rwanda genocide suspect goes on trial at The Hague
One of the alleged masterminds and financiers of the 1994 Rwandan genocide has gone on trial at a UN tribunal in The Hague. Prosecutors say Félicien Kabuga aided and abetted…
South Korea: Kamala Harris visits DMZ a day after North fires missiles
US Vice-President Kamala Harris has visited the demilitarised zone that divides both Koreas, a day after the North fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast. The launch, which…
USA: Tribute to Coolio (Gangsta’s Paradise rapper)
Stars including Michelle Pfeiffer and Snoop Dogg have been paying tribute to the US rapper Coolio who has died at the age of 59. He was found unresponsive on the…
India: Bihar IAS officer mocks schoolgirl’s sanitary pad request
A female civil servant’s response to a schoolgirl’s request for free sanitary pads has sparked backlash in India. The teenager made the request at a workshop organised with Unicef in…
USA: Hurricane Ian cuts power and floods Florida
One of the most dangerous storms to hit the US in years has left millions in Florida without power and floodwaters surging inland. Hurricane Ian made landfall at around 15:10…
Pakistan: Chinese national shot dead at Karachi dental clinic
An armed attacker posing as a dental patient has killed a man and injured two other people at a clinic in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi. All three were…
Iran: Protest death toll rises to 76
At least 76 protesters have been killed by Iranian security forces during 11 days of unrest sparked by the death of a woman in custody, activists say. Iran Human Rights…