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Worst rail disasters of the last decade
With hundreds killed and more injured in a three-train collision in India, AFP looks back on some of the worst rail disasters of the last 10 years
3 June 2023, 04:09 AM
Fighting intensifies in Sudan
Shelling rocked greater Khartoum yesterday, as fighting between Sudan’s warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce.
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM
BRICS ministers put on show of strength
BRICS foreign ministers on Thursday asserted their bloc’s ambition to rival Western powers but their talks in South Africa were overshadowed by questions over whether Russia’s president would be arrested if he attended a summit in August.
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM
BRICS considers expanding bloc, meets ‘friends’
Senior officials from more than a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, were in talks on forging closer links with the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies today as it met to deepen ties and position itself as a counterweight to the West.
2 June 2023, 16:07 PM
Global swoop nets more than 200 suspected traffickers
A huge operation targeting human traffickers across 44 countries has netted 212 suspects and identified almost 1,500 victims, many of them children, EU policing agency Europol said yesterday.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Asia climate woes mount
Countries across Asia have been hit by another round of extreme heat that has toppled seasonal temperature records throughout the region, raising concerns about their ability to adapt to a rapidly changing climate.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Rockets hit Khartoum market
Shelling and aerial bombardments killed 18 civilians at a market in the capital of Sudan where fighting showed no signs of abating yesterday after the army abandoned truce talks.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM
BRICS ministers urge 'rebalancing' of global order
Top diplomats from BRICS countries called for a "rebalancing" of the global order during talks in South Africa today, as the bloc seeks a larger voice in the international arena
1 June 2023, 17:14 PM
Baby boys more chatty than girls, says study
Baby boys babble more than girls, according to a scientific paper out Wednesday that upends a common belief that females hold a language advantage over males early on in life
1 June 2023, 04:51 AM
Eastern Lebanon: Five killed in blast at Palestinian base
Five fighters from a pro-Syrian Palestinian militant group were killed in an accidental explosion at a base in eastern Lebanon, a Lebanese security source said yesterday.
31 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Milosevic aides handed longer jail terms
A UN court sentenced two of late Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic’s spy chiefs to 15 years in jail on appeal yesterday in the last major Hague war crimes trial from the 1990s Bosnian conflict.
31 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Top Chinese intel official visits Myanmar
A top Chinese intelligence official has visited Myanmar to discuss military “cooperation” with the junta,
31 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Some Air New Zealand passengers to be weighed before int’l flights
Until July 2, selected Air New Zealand passengers will be asked to get on a weighing scale before flying, all in the name of safety, as part of a regular survey
31 May 2023, 06:28 AM
Malaysia searches Chinese ship
Malaysia’s coast guard said yesterday authorities were questioning the crew of a Chinese vessel detained on suspicion of looting two British World War II shipwrecks.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Israelis revive flashpoint settlement
Israelis started reviving a flashpoint outpost settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday, AFP journalists said, constructing a building at the site which has drawn international attention.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Fighting subsides after truce extended
Clashes subsided in Sudan’s capital yesterday though fighting could be heard in some areas, residents said, after military factions battling for more than six weeks agreed to extend a ceasefire aimed at allowing aid to reach civilians.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
10 killed in clash with Mexico police
A highway gun attack on security forces in northern Mexico left 10 people dead yesterday, authorities said.
30 May 2023, 03:17 AM
Nigeria’s Tinubu sworn in as president
Bola Tinubu was sworn in as Nigeria’s president yesterday following a disputed election and facing pressure to quickly improve economic and security conditions, which many complain worsened under his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari.
29 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Japan puts missile defences on alert
Japan put its ballistic missile defences on alert yesterday, vowing to shoot down any projectile that threatened its territory after North Korea notified it of a satellite launch between May 31 and June 11.
29 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar rapper arrested
A popular rapper in Myanmar who criticised the junta over massive power blackouts has been arrested for “spreading propaganda”, the military said, the latest arrest in a sweeping crackdown on dissent.
29 May 2023, 18:00 PM