BBC: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced his resignation after less than a year in the role – following two crushing election losses in mid-term elections. His resignation came a day before opponents in his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) were expected to vote him out. His departure sets the stage for yet another ruling […]
BBC: At least 19 people have been killed and dozens injured in Nepal after demonstrations against political corruption and a government social media banled to clashes between protesters and security forces. Thousands heeded a call by demonstrators describing themselves as Generation Z to gather near the parliament building in Kathmandu over the decision to ban […]
BBC: Six people have been killed and eight others wounded by Palestinian gunmen in one of the deadliest shooting attacks in Jerusalem in the past few years. Israeli police said “two terrorists arrived in a vehicle” and opened fire towards a bus stop at Ramot Junction, on the city’s northern outskirts. An off-duty soldier and […]
BBC: At least four people have been killed and five others wounded in a shooting attack in Jerusalem, paramedics say. The Magen David Adom ambulance service identified the dead as one man in his 50s and three men in their 30s. Five people with gunshot wounds were taken to local hospitals, and several others were […]
BBC: Donald Trump has threatened tougher sanctions against Russia after its heaviest aerial bombardment on Ukraine since the war began. Sunday’s strikes killed four people, including a mother and her baby, and damaged Ukraine’s main government building in Kyiv for the first time. The attack – which Ukraine said involved at least 810 drones and […]
BBC: Norwegians are going to the polls in a tight race to decide whether to continue with a Labour-led government or turn to the centre right. There are only four million voters in this founding member of Nato, which shares an Arctic border with Russia and is part of the EU’s single market but not […]
BBC: An Australian woman has been jailed for life, with no chance of release for at least 33 years, for murdering three relatives and trying to kill another with a toxic mushroom meal. The jail term, one of the longest ever handed to a female offender in Australia, means Erin Patterson, 50, will be in […]
Reuters: DHAKA, Sept 7 – Bangladesh faces a fast-worsening public health crisis as the mosquito-borne diseases dengue and chikungunya spread side by side, overwhelming hospitals and heightening fears of an even bigger outbreak in the weeks ahead. According to the Directorate General of Health Services, the South Asian country has recorded over 33,800 dengue cases and 132 […]
BBC: More than 15,000 people have taken to the streets in Israel to call for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip and urge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a deal for the return of the remaining hostages. Families and supporters of the hostages still being held by Hamas thronged Jerusalem’s […]
BBC: Ukraine’s main government building in Kyiv has been hit for the first time in the war during Russian attacks, the Ukrainian prime minister said. Yulia Svyrydenko said the building’s roof and upper floors were damaged and a fire ignited “due to an enemy attack”. At least four people were killed in strikes across the […]
