Germany: Authorities to tighten people-smuggling law in UK deal

Germany will tighten its law to make it easier to prosecute those helping to smuggle migrants to the UK, as part of a new plan agreed between the two countries.…

Singapore: Verstappen to do FIA work in Rwanda after swearing

Max Verstappen will do an activity with junior competitors in Rwanda after swearing in a news conference at the Singapore Grand Prix. The world champion was ordered to complete some…

Europe: Syrian asylum seekers in limbo as countries stop applications

A number of European countries, including the UK, have suspended the processing of asylum applications for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad. Austria’s caretaker government has stopped…

Israel: Authorities say it will impose ‘sterile’ zone in southern Syria

Israel’s defence minister says the country aims to establish a “sterile defence zone” in southern Syria after Israeli forces seized territory and unleashed a wave of air strikes on the…

France: Court finds author guilty of downplaying Rwandan genocide

A court in France has found French-Cameroonian author Charles Onana guilty of downplaying the Rwandan genocide. The 60-year-old writer was fined €8,400 ($8,900; £7,000) and Damien Serieyx, his publishing director…

USA: Google unveils quantum computing chip

Google has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world’s fastest super computers ten septillion – or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000…

Israel: Netanyahu rejects charges at corruption trial

This was a remarkable day for Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu holds the record as its longest-serving prime minister. Now he has become the country’s first serving leader to take to the…

Ukraine: Zelenskyy praises Trump as leader feared by Putin

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has praised Donald Trump as one of the only leaders feared by Russian President Vladimir Putin while calling on the international community to come together to…

Brazil: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in intensive care after brain bleed surgery

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is doing “well” after undergoing surgery for a brain bleed, his doctors say. The 79-year-old was taken to hospital in the capital, Brasília,…

Haiti: Gang killed 110 people over witchcraft accusation -rights group

At least 110 people were killed over the weekend in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Haiti’s capital, a leading human rights group has said, attributing the killings to a…