Cuba struggles to get energy grid back online after nationwide blackout | Infrastructure News
The Cuban government has started to restore power to the millions of residents left in the dark during a nationwide power outage this week. On…
Seeing double in Nigeria’s ‘twins capital of the world’ | Arts and Culture News
On a normal day a visitor might pass Igbo-Ora with little more than a double take, wondering why so many pairs of residents wear matching…
Fuel tanker explosion kills more than 150 people in Nigeria | In Pictures News
More than 150 people, including children, were killed and dozens of others wounded after an overturned fuel tanker exploded in northwestern Nigeria. The crash took…
Mozambique’s faded hotel squatters hope for change after polls | Elections News
In the sprawling slum of the once-glorious Grande Hotel in Mozambique’s Beira city, around 4,000 people living in squalor hope this month’s election will bring…
Cuban president leads pro-Palestinian march in Havana | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Thousands of Cubans, led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist-run island, marched in Havana to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.…
Kenya relocates 50 elephants to a larger park as population thrives | Wildlife News
Kenya is suffering from a problem, albeit a good one: the elephant population in the 42-square-kilometre (16-square-mile) Mwea National Reserve, east of the capital Nairobi,…
Israeli attacks destroy Ottoman-era market in Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon News
Israeli air raids have destroyed an Ottoman-era market in the southern city of Nabatieh overnight, killing at least one person and wounding four. Lebanon’s Civil…
Aftermath of Israeli air strikes in central Beirut | Israel attacks Lebanon News
At least 22 people were killed and 117 others wounded in Israeli air strikes in central Beirut on Thursday, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said,…
Millions evacuate prior to Hurricane Milton making landfall in Florida | In Pictures News
Millions of Florida residents have fled the US state as Hurricane Milton approaches, with officials there warning that those who stayed would “die” and that…
Thousands march across the world for Gaza and Lebanon | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Tens of thousands of protesters have marched in cities around the world, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the…
Water levels in major Amazon tributary tumble to record lows amid drought | Drought News
It’s one of the largest rivers in the world. And its water levels have fallen to a record low. Amid drought and wildfires, the Rio…
Intense Israeli attacks on south Beirut leave carnage and terror | Israel attacks Lebanon News
Israel carried out a series of massive air attacks overnight in the densely populated southern suburbs of Beirut, including the international airport’s perimeter. The Israeli…
Typhoon Krathon makes landfall in Taiwan killing at least two people | Climate News
Typhoon Krathon made landfall on Thursday in Taiwan’s major port city of Kaohsiung, bringing torrential rains and fierce winds to the island’s south. Trees were…
Israeli attack on an apartment block in central Beirut kills six people | Israel attacks Lebanon News
At least six people were killed in an Israeli air attack on an apartment building in central Beirut, Lebanon’s Health Ministry has said. A further…
South America witnesses a ‘ring of fire’, the final solar eclipse of 2024 | Science and Technology News
Stargazers in Chile and Argentina turned their eyes to the horizon on Wednesday to catch the final solar eclipse of 2024: a “ring of fire”…
Beirut’s southern suburbs reduced to rubble by Israeli strikes | Israel attacks Lebanon News
In Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday, smoke was rising from buildings hit by overnight strikes while young men on mopeds sped along largely empty roads…
S Korea’s Hyunmoo-5 ‘monster missile’ takes centre stage at military parade | Military News
South Korea has shown off its most powerful ballistic missile for the first time in an annual military parade which signals the country’s readiness to…
People in Beirut seek shelter on beaches as Israeli strikes continue | Israel attacks Lebanon News
The repeated blasts in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Israel has been carrying out air strikes this week, have driven Zeina Nazha and her young daughter…
Massive search and rescue operation in wake of Hurricane Helene | Floods News
Crews have airlifted emergency food and water into remote North Carolina towns that were cut off and devastated as tropical storm Helene turned the western…
Raging wildfires in central Greece leave two people dead | Climate Crisis News
Two people have died in a rugged mountainous area in central Greece while trying to help firefighters tackle a forest fire that has forced several…