London, Apr. 24, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Three people have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences after five people including a child were killed as they tried…
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UN reports 281.6 million people facing acute hunger
New York, Apr. 24, (dpa/GNA) – Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that…
Elon Musk hits out at Australia over ruling to hide stabbing videos
Sydney, Apr. 23, (dpa/GNA) – Tech billionaire Elon Musk has hit out at Australia over the country’s attempts to ban footage of a Sydney church stabbing on…
UN sees ‘perilous precedent’ in UK’s Rwanda deportation law
Geneva, Apr. 23, (dpa/GNA) – Heads of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday called on Britain to reconsider its new law facilitating the…
Dozens dead and missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti
Dakar, Apr. 23, (dpa/GNA) – Dozens of people are feared dead after a migrant boat carrying 77 occupants overturned off the coast of Djibouti, according to the United…
Warmer water sees tropical fish invading Australian oceans
Sydney, Apr. 23, (dpa/GNA) – Tropical fish are invading some Australian waters thanks to climate change, a new study released on Tuesday has found. The fish are…
G7 climate policy will not reach targets, says report
Rome, Apr. 23, (dpa/GNA) – Ahead of the meeting in Turin of the G7 environment and energy ministers, experts say the group’s climate protection policy is inadequate and set to…
Israel-Gaza: Baby saved from dead mother’s womb after Israeli strike
April 23 (BBC/GNA) – Sabreen was dead before she could look into the baby’s eyes or hold her. The young mother had carried her…
Mass arrests made as US campus protests over Gaza spread
April 23 (BBC/GNA) – Protests over the war in Gaza have taken hold at a handful of elite US universities as officials scramble to…
‘Pivotal’ talks on UN plastic pollution treaty to begin in Ottawa
New York, Apr. 22, (dpa/GNA) – A fourth and penultimate round of talks on a United Nations treaty to combat plastic pollution will begin in the Canadian…
Israel military intelligence chief quits over 7 October
April 22 (BBC/GNA) – The Israeli military’s intelligence chief has resigned, saying he took responsibility for the failures before Hamas’s attack on Israel on…
Oil price eases as Iran downplays attack
April 20 (BBC/GNA) – Oil and gold prices have eased after Iranian authorities appeared to downplay reports of an attack from Israel. Brent crude,…
Mandisa: American Idol singer dies aged 47
April 20 (BBC/GNA) – Tributes are being paid after Grammy-winning American Idol singer Mandisa Lynn Hundley died at the age of 47. Paula Abdul,…
Italian court drops proceedings against German rescue ship crew
Venice, Apr. 19, (dpa/GNA) – Court proceedings against the crew of a German migrant rescue ship have been dropped in Sicily, almost seven years after the vessel…
G7 chides Iran and warns against escalation, reaffirms Ukraine help
Capri, Apr. 19, (dpa/GNA) – The Group of Seven (G7) condemned Iran for its attacks on Israel and general behaviour on Friday but also called on both…
UN Human Rights Office calls for restraint in Middle East
Geneva, Apr. 19, (dpa/GNA) – The UN Human Rights Office has called on all parties to exercise restraint following a suspected Israeli attack on Iran early Friday.…
WHO says wider alert on contaminated J&J cough syrup ‘likely’
London, April 19 (Reuters/GNA) – The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made children’s cough syrup found in…
Oil price rises as US says Israel has struck Iran
April 19 (BBC/GNA) – Oil and gold prices have jumped after US officials said an Israeli missile had struck Iran. Brent crude, the international…
Ukraine air defences, Iran-Israel conflict top agenda at G7 meeting
Capri, Apr. 18, (dpa/GNA) – Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy industrialized democracies gathered on the Italian island of Capri on Thursday amid mounting…
Poland’s Duda dines with his ‘friend’ Trump in New York
Warsaw, Apr. 18, (dpa/GNA) – Poland’s right-wing President Andrzej Duda and US presidential candidate Donald Trump declared their friendship at a dinner in New York on Wednesday…