At least 150 people were killed during two days of fighting in the latest ethnic clashes over land disputes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state. The bloodshed is the worst in recent months and crowds took to the streets of Blue Nile’s state capital Damazin […]
A little before 7am on Monday, people in Kyiv heard a whining sound overhead before identifying where it was coming from – a group of “kamikaze” drones flying into the city. Drones have been widely used on both sides of the Ukraine conflict, but these […]
The Pentagon has announced new support for service members who seek abortions, including covering travel expenses for those based in parts of the United States where the procedure is now banned. Thursday’s order (PDF) includes privacy protections meant to shield members of the US military […]
India’s competition regulator has ordered Alphabet Inc’s Google to change its approach to its Android platform and fined the United States tech company 13.38 billion Indian rupees ($161.95m) for anti-competitive practices. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday said Google leveraged its dominant position […]
The owner of photo-messaging app Snapchat, Snap Inc, has posted its slowest revenue growth since going public five years ago as advertisers cut spending amid rising inflation and the war in Ukraine. Shares of Snap dropped 25 percent in after-hours trading on Thursday. Snap is […]
Washington, DC — A top civil rights group in the United States has asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling that upheld an Arkansas state law penalising companies that boycott Israel. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a petition on Thursday […]
Chadian security forces opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the country’s two largest cities killing dozens of people. Chadian government spokesman Aziz Mahamat Saleh said 30 people were dead in the capital, N’Djamena. Organisers of the march, though, placed the toll higher, at 40 on […]
The Organization of American States (OAS) is holding discussions in Washington, DC, to “consider” the political situation in Peru, a week after the country’s president accused officials investigating him of a “coup d’etat”. Pedro Castillo announced late on Wednesday that he had sought the regional […]
Sales of existing US homes slid for an eighth straight month in September and will likely fall further in the months ahead as the housing market continues to stand out as the economic sector absorbing the hardest hit from the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate […]
US President Joe Biden has underscored his administration’s efforts to strengthen the country’s ageing infrastructure as he pushes to boost Democrats’ prospects ahead of crucial midterm elections next month. Standing by a partially rebuilt bridge that collapsed in January in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Biden said on […]
