A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu on Thursday, October 8, 2026, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), with the shallow tremor recorded about 102 kilometres northeast of Norsup.…
Africa will launch its own credit rating agency on Wednesday, aimed at countering what many see as unfair assessments by global institutions that make it more expensive for African nations…
Russian attacks across Ukraine on Wednesday killed at least 28 people, including five children who died when a missile slammed into an apartment block in the north of the country…
US Vice President JD Vance has highlighted the Trump administration’s push to expand energy development and infrastructure in Alaska, saying the state’s oil and gas resources could create jobs while…
At least 15 people were killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday, the authorities said, including nine when a missile destroyed an apartment block in the north of the…
A former German spy chief was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of passing sensitive information to foreign powers, an embarrassing case that comes as the country is seeking to bolster its…
Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro heads to a runoff election buoyed by sweeping gains in Congress, after a shock first-place poll finish hailed by US President Donald Trump as a “big victory”.…
President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist who shot dead 13 people at a military base in 2009, the Pentagon…
Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed was reappointed as prime minister by parliament on Monday following his party’s emphatic victory in June elections. “Abiy Ahmed is hereby appointed as the prime minister of…
Two crew members died, and 11 were rescued after a fire broke out on a ship in the Black Sea, which later sank, Romania’s interior ministry announced Monday, without specifying…
