Al Jazeera: The 2026 World Cup will have 104 matches instead of the typical 64 games due to its expanded format, football’s world governing body, FIFA, says ahead of its congress in Kigali, Rwanda. The tournament due to take place in North America will expand from 32 to 48 teams. It will consist of 12 […]
BBC News: Taiwan is in danger of losing one of its few formal allies, Honduras, as the Central American nation seeks official relations with China. Honduran President Xiomara Castro said the pivot aims to expand foreign engagements. Taiwan promptly cautioned Honduras against falling into China’s “trap”. China has long tried to isolate Taiwan and prohibits […]
BBC News: RAF and German fighter jets have intercepted a Russian aircraft near Estonian airspace in the first joint operation of its kind. The two Typhoons were scrambled on Tuesday to intercept an Il-78 Midas refuelling plane flying between St Petersburg and Kaliningrad. The plane had failed to communicate with air traffic control in Estonia. […]
BBC News: Pakistan’s main opposition leader Imran Khan says the authorities are acting outside the law in their attempt to arrest him. “They should all be subject to the law of the land,” he told the BBC. Earlier on Tuesday police clashed with the ex-PM’s supporters outside his residence in Lahore as they tried to […]
BBC News: A Russian fighter jet has collided with a US drone, causing the unmanned US aircraft to crash into the Black Sea, the American military says. The incident highlights the increasing risk of direct confrontation between Russia and the US over the Ukraine war. The US says the drone was on a routine mission […]
BBC News: More than 60 bodies have been recovered in Malawi’s main commercial hub of Blantyre after Tropical Storm Freddy hit southern Africa for the second time in a month. Strong winds and rains continue to cause severe destruction. “We have rivers overflowing, we have people being carried away by running waters, we have buildings […]
BBC News: At least 28 people were killed by the Myanmar army at a monastery in southern Shan State, an insurgent group said. Troops shelled the Nan Nein village on Saturday, the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) said. Myanmar has seen a growing number of deadly battles between its military and armed resistance groups since […]
BBC News: A plane belonging to a private Indian airline had to make an emergency landing in Pakistan after a passenger died on board. The incident happened on board an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Doha early on Monday. The plane turned to Karachi after the pilot reported that a Nigerian passenger “was not breathing […]
BBC News: Twenty-two migrants were killed when a boat carrying 47 people sunk off the coast of Madagascar on its way to the French island of Mayotte. Twenty-three people were saved while a search for two still missing was still under way, Madagascar maritime agency said. The agency said the migrants had covertly taken the […]
BBC News: China’s new Premier Li Qiang has sought to restore confidence in the country’s economy in his first public address since taking up the role. He said that a growth target set last week – 5% – would “not be easy” to meet, but added that the “economy is stabilising and picking up again”. […]