World News

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to return as US House speaker, despite backlash 

30 December 2024

United States President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed the continued leadership of Mike Johnson in the House of Represe...

Appeals court upholds Trump sexual abuse, defamation liability verdict 

30 December 2024

News|Donald Trump United States President-elect Donald Trump has lost an appeal to a jury’s 2023 finding that he was l...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers say will close all NGOs employing women 

30 December 2024

The Taliban government says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) employing women ...

Dominique Pelicot won’t appeal conviction in ex-wife’s rape trial in France 

30 December 2024

A Frenchman found guilty of drugging and raping his then-wife Gisele Pelicot and soliciting dozens of men to do the same...

Five charged, including manager, in death of singer Liam Payne 

30 December 2024

News|Crime An Argentinian judge has allowed charges to proceed against the manager of former One Direction singer Liam P...

Kenya police fire tear gas at protest against alleged government abductions 

30 December 2024

Police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi have fired tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating against what they say is a ...

Inflation down, poverty up as Milei takes chainsaw to Argentina’s economy 

30 December 2024

Buenos Aires, Argentina – Late last month, Argentinian President Javier Milei uploaded a characteristically odd photo ...

Gaza Kamal Adwan Hospital chief Abu Safia held at Israeli army base: Report 

30 December 2024

The director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, whose whereabouts have been unknown since he was detained by Israel after...

As Pakistan, Afghanistan attack each other, what’s next for neighbours? 

30 December 2024

Islamabad, Pakistan – A sharp escalation in hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past week has resul...

How did South Korea’s Jeju Air plane crash? Here’s what we know 

30 December 2024

South Korea is in a state of mourning after a plane crash killed 179 people in what is now being called one of the count...