Spain has announced a 10.6 billion euro ($11.5bn) aid package to help those affected by flash floods that killed at least 217 people and destroyed businesses and homes last week.The package includes…
USA: Kamala Harris to spend election night at Howard University
Kamala Harris will spend election night at Howard University, her alma mater and a historically black university in Washington DC. The Democratic presidential nominee graduated from Howard in 1986 with…
USA: Elon Musk to spend election night with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is to spend election night with Donald Trump in Florida, according to the CBS. Musk, the owner of Tesla and X, has been aggressively…
Palestine: Israeli strikes hit hospital again killing 30 across Gaza
The Israeli military has pounded the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of people mainly in the north and again attacking the last partially functioning hospital in the area. At least 33 people…
Israel: PM Netanyahu fires defence minister Gallant
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired defence minister Yoav Gallant, saying there is a “crisis of trust” between them. Netanyahu said in a statement his trust in Gallant had…
Nigeria: President Bola Tinubu orders the release children who collapsed in court
Nigeria’s president has ordered the immediate release of a group of young people accused of treason, after footage of some of them collapsing in court sparked outrage. The 27 teenagers…
Nepal: Top Slovak mountain climber falls to his death while descending Himalayan mountain
A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal, after completing the rare feat of scaling the mountain’s perilous eastern face. Ondrej Huserka fell…
India: PM Modi condemns violence after Canada temple incident
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised the “cowardly attempts to intimidate our diplomats” in a deepening diplomatic row with Canada. Both countries expelled each other’s top envoys last month…
Russia: Iranian satellites taken into orbit by Russian rocket
A Russian rocket carrying a payload of satellites into orbit – including two from Iran – blasted off successfully, Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said, in a move seen as reflecting…
Lebanon: More than 3,000 killed by Israeli attacks to date
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have now killed more than 3,000 people in the 13 months since fighting erupted between Hezbollah and Israel along the southern Lebanese and northern Israeli border, Lebanon’s Ministry…