At least 14 people have been killed and 311 injured in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports, escalating tensions amid the US-Iran war. Saudi civil aviation authorities said a projectile struck Terminal 4...

US President Donald Trump has said Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to release millions of tonnes of diesel to the United States and global markets to ease rising fuel prices. Trump said Russia...

Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has won the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, in recognition of her efforts to promote peace and international law. Pillay,...

Russia launched waves of missiles and drones across Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people, including children, and injuring about 100 others, Ukrainian officials said. The heaviest casualties...

Kenya has recorded its first Ebola death after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died shortly after returning to the country. Health Minister Aden Duale said the man,...

Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed diplomatic relations as renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia raises fears of a return to the Tigray war. Ethiopia accused Eritrea of supporting the Tigray People’s...

The United States is deploying a third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East as President Donald Trump warned that further strikes against Iran remain possible after the November midterm elections. The...

Prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke, were among six people killed when a helicopter crashed near Marondera, about 72 kilometres east of Harare, on Wednesday. Police...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing fresh allegations that he was warned of an impending Hamas attack before October 7, 2023, weeks ahead of Israel’s parliamentary elections. The New...

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Tuesday appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first female prime minister after her Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) won the most seats in last week’s...

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has surpassed 8,000, with 3,901 deaths recorded in the country’s latest government data. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo...

Billionare Aliko Dangote is helping to finance a $660 million refined petroleum products pipeline linking Ethiopia and Djibouti. The 120-kilometre pipeline, announced by Ethiopian Investment Holdings,...

An OpenAI AI agent accessed public and non-public files on an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has disclosed. Albanese said OpenAI notified the...

A US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico after the outlets were barred from the premises by President Donald Trump. In...

The United States has reportedly denied Sudan’s de facto leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, a visa to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Al-Burhan, whose army has been fighting...

Five major US television networks have suspended pooled coverage of White House events in protest against the Trump administration’s decision to revoke access for CNN, Politico and MS NOW. ABC, CBS,...

OpenAI has disclosed six new cases of “unexpected or concerning” behaviour by its AI models, warning that the industry may not be able to continue developing AI at maximum speed for much longer. In...

US President Donald Trump has threatened the European Union with “serious tariffs” and a possible halt to trade if the bloc proceeds with plans to make Canada its first associate member. Trump described...

The United States has announced new visa restrictions on South Africans accused of promoting what Washington described as race-based discrimination against the country’s white Afrikaner minority. US...

NATO fighter jets have shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace early Tuesday, in the first such incident reported by the country. Lithuanian authorities said the drone likely entered from neighbouring...