
Sudan conflict: Call for gravediggers in Omdurman as fighting intensifies
Residents of the Khartoum area are shaken by an intense wave of bombing targeting paramilitary forces.
2023-08-09 22:48

Colombia conflict: Rebels deny plot to kill attorney general
ELN rebels say accusations they are planning to kill Attorney General Francisco Barbosa are "false".
2023-08-09 22:25

UK signs deal with Turkey to disrupt people-smuggling gangs
It includes increased collaboration and intelligence-sharing but no deal to return failed asylum seekers.
2023-08-09 17:52

Deflation: Why falling prices in China raise concerns
The world's second largest economy has slipped into deflation for the first time in more than two years.
2023-08-09 15:24

Royal prodigal son's return stirs up Thailand
The second of four estranged sons visits the country of his birth for the first time in 27 years.
2023-08-09 13:45

IAS, IPS and IFS: Is India stifling criticism by retired bureaucrats?
A new rule gives the federal government more power to withhold or withdraw pension of former bureaucrats.
2023-08-09 13:28

Amazon nations fall short of agreed goal to end deforestation
A summit in Brazil sees the countries that share the Amazon basin agree only to a new alliance on the issue.
2023-08-09 10:29

Five people killed in Cape Town taxi strike violence
A police officer and a British national are among those killed since the strikes began, police say.
2023-08-09 04:22

Newest national monument set to be created in Arizona
The plan, to be announced by Joe Biden later, will protect indigenous cultural sites and curb mining.
2023-08-08 23:20

China exports see biggest drop for three years
Global demand for Chinese goods has fallen as the cost of living and rising interest rates bite.
2023-08-08 16:27

Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho Aguirre's son charged with murder
Rodolfo Sancho Aguirre's 29-year old son is accused of murdering a Colombian surgeon in Thailand.
2023-08-08 14:58

Mourners to say final goodbyes to Sinéad O'Connor
A cortege will pass through the singer's former home of Bray, County Wicklow, after a private service.
2023-08-08 13:47