Sudan military admits it ordered brutal crackdown on protesters
Military council 'regrets that some mistakes happened' during crackdown on Khartoum sit-in, which left dozens dead.
Sudan's ruling military council has for the first time...
Suspected New Zealand mosque gunman pleads not guilty
Australian-born Brenton Tarrant pleads not guilty to killing worshippers at two Christchurch mosques in March.
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JOHN KIRIAKOU: Bolton’s Long Goodbye
John Bolton’s days as national security advisor are apparently numbered—for reasons that have all played out in the press, says John Kiriakou.
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Scotland’s crannogs are older than Stonehenge
Archaeologists have discovered that some Scottish crannogs are thousands of years older than previously thought.
Crannogs were fortified settlements constructed on artificial islands in lochs.
It...
Ebola outbreak: Grandmother dies in Uganda
A 50-year-old woman infected with Ebola has died in western Uganda, a day after her five-year-old grandson died.
They are the first cases reported there...
Tattoo parlours pose infection risk, warn health experts
Shops offering tattoos and piercings pose an infection risk, and laws on who works in them should be tightened, say public health experts.
At present,...
FIFA World Cup: The Cameroonian girls who dream of football
The first wave of girls are being trained at the West African country's first female football academy.
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World Cup: Women footballers fight for even playing field
Controversies around prize gap, gender discrimination and sex abuse claims loom as 2019 World Cup kicks off in France.
The best female footballers from 24...
Anger at Palestinian Authority secret ministerial pay rises
Anonymous online group 'Against the Current' exposed PA government salary hikes despite desperate financial shortfalls.
The cash-strapped Palestinian government has pledged to suspend a secret...
Algeria interim leader urges ‘dialogue’ over election
Abdelkader Bensalah calls for an election date to be set 'as soon as possible' days after planned vote was pulled.
Algeria's interim president Abdelkader Bensalah...
Qatar blockade: US shows support for both Qatar and Saudi Arabia
Over the past two years, the US government has bolstered its support for both Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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Qatar arts: Major new projects despite blockade
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Syria’s war: Displaced and hungry in Idlib makeshift camp
Only one aid organisation has provided food during Ramadan, but it is not enough to feed nearly 1,500 people.
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Sudan violence: 40 bodies pulled from Nile
The bodies are believed to have been dumped there on the day of the crackdown by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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