India: News website removes Meta investigation after row

An Indian news website has removed four investigative reports it published on Meta after a controversy. The reports, published by The Wire, said a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata…

Germany: U-turn on phasing out nuclear power amid energy crisis

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered the country’s three remaining nuclear power stations to keep operating until mid-April, as the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hurts the…

Denmark: Massive tear in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline

At least 50 metres (164ft) of an underwater pipeline bringing Russian gas to Germany is thought to have been destroyed by a blast last month. Video shot by a Norwegian…

Qatar: Al Jazeera staff allege harassment and bullying went unchecked

Kamahl Santamaria, a veteran television journalist, was just 32 days into his job at New Zealand’s top broadcaster TVNZ when he resigned. Surprise gave way to shock as allegations about…

USA: Musk asks American government to fund Ukraine Starlink

Elon Musk has said his rocket firm SpaceX cannot continue indefinitely paying for Ukraine’s Starlink internet service in his latest spat with Kyiv.  In February, the world’s richest man activated…

Turkey: Coal mine explosion leaves 28 dead and dozens trapped

At least 28 people have died and dozens remain trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey’s Bartin province. Around 110 people were in the mine…

Russia: Vladimir Putin offers to supply gas to EU via Nord Stream 1

President Vladimir Putin has said the gas taps can be still turned on for Russian supplies to the EU, despite sharp political disagreements. Russia has not delivered gas to Europe…

France: Oil workers continue strike

Striking French oil workers have voted to continue their industrial action, which has led to shortages at fuel stations across the country. They responded angrily after the government said it…

Australia: Ten-year investigation over alleged Sri Lanka bribes ends in arrests

Two Australian men have been charged with bribing Sri Lankan officials to secure infrastructure contracts worth millions of dollars. Australian police arrested the pair last month after a decade-long investigation…

Pakistan: Islamabad’s Centaurus Mall burned

Emergency services put out a large fire that broke out at the Centaurus Mall in the centre of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Police say everyone in the shopping centre was…