Israel has held ceremonies to remember the victims of the mass killings and abductions carried out by Hamas on 7 October 2023, against a backdrop of continuing fighting in the…
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UK: Britain relinquishes control of the Chagos Islands
Britain’s has relinquished is control the last African territory, Chagos Islands to Mauritius. However this decision to relinquish control of the Chagos Islands does not signal a change in the…
France: Author to go on trial over book on Rwanda genocide
A French-Cameroonian writer, Charles Onana, is due to go on trial in Paris accused of complicity in contesting the 1994 Rwandan genocide. About 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed…
Rwanda: Marburg virus vaccine trials begin
Rwanda has said it will begin vaccine trials for the fatal Marburg virus, which has already killed at least 12 people in the country – most of them health workers.…
Ethiopia: Parliament approves replacement of president
Ethiopia’s parliament has approved the appointment of a new president to replace the country’s first female head of state, Sahle-Work Zewde. Taye Astike Selassie, foreign minister since February, has taken…
USA: Spacecraft launched towards asteroid
A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. The Hera craft launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at…
Japan: Government admits editing cabinet photo
Japan’s government has admitted an official photo of its new cabinet was manipulated to make members look less unkempt after online speculation that it had been edited. Photos taken by…
Mexico: Mayor murdered days after assuming office
Mexican mayor murdered days after starting job. The mayor of a Mexican city plagued by drug violence has been murdered less than a week after taking office. Alejandro Arcos was…
Pakistan: Blast near Karachi airport leaves three dead
Two Chinese nationals have been killed and at least 10 people injured in a suspected suicide attack near Karachi airport in Pakistan.A third body, not yet officially identified, is thought…
Lebanon: Tyre almost deserted after Israeli strikes
War has created a vacuum here – sucking the life out of this ancient city proud of its Roman ruins, and golden sandy beach.Streets are empty, and shops shuttered. The…