Malaysia’s parliament has voted to remove the country’s mandatory death penalty, potentially sparing more than 1,300 prisoners on death row. The country has had a moratorium on executions since 2018.…
PM: Sanna Marin defeated by Petteri Orpo’s conservatives in tight race
Finnish conservative leader Petteri Orpo has won a nail-biting three-way election race, defeating Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s centre left. “We got the biggest mandate,” said the leader of the National…
Argentina: Messi passes 100 goals for his country
Argentina captain Lionel Messi passed 100 international goals as he scored his seventh international hat-trick in a friendly win at home to Curacao. The 35-year-old forward reached the landmark when…
Switzerland: Nazi monument at Swiss cemetery sparks controversy
For decades the huge monolithic block of granite in the middle of the cemetery in the Swiss town of Chur was ignored by passers-by; no one seemed to know quite…
USA: 26 dead and counting as extreme storms ravage several states
At least 26 people have been killed after a series of tornadoes tore through towns and cities in the South and Midwest of the United States. Homes were destroyed and…
Colombia: Soldiers killed in attack blamed on ELN rebels
At least nine Colombian soldiers have been killed in an attack on an army base in Norte de Santander province. The government says rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN)…
Norway: Avalanches kill four in north of country
A series of avalanches in Norway’s far north has claimed the lives of four people, police say. In the most deadly incident, a house and barn were swept into the…
US: Tornadoes leaves seven dead, including one at Illinois music gig
One person has been killed and dozens more injured after a storm caused a theatre roof to collapse in Illinois at a packed heavy metal gig on Friday. Around 260…
Ukraine: Authorities accuse Orthodox Church leader Pavel of pro-Russian stance
Ukrainian investigators are searching the home of an Orthodox Church leader in Kyiv accused of justifying Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine. Metropolitan Pavel Lebed runs the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine’s most…
Denmark: Nigerian CEO buys majority stake in Danish football club
A 38-year-old Nigerian CEO has bought a 55% stake in second division Danish football club, Aarhus Fremad. Shola Akinlade is the co-founder of financial tech start-up Paystack and owner of…