Africa
International football icon and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham met children receiving treatment for malnutrition at a UNICEF-supported hospital in Papua New Guinea. “I feel very proud to be in ...
Several people have been killed near the town of Mariana after a dam holding mining waste burst, engulfing houses and vehicles near the Germano mine in Minas Gerais. Brazilian media reported that at least 15 ...
Police in Haiti have clashed with demonstrators who took to the streets in Port-au-Prince to protest against alleged vote-rigging in the country’s recent presidential election. Dozens of protesters held the demonstration in the capital on ...
Anti-migrant and anti-Islam demonstrations across the Czech Republic have attracted up to 5,000 people. Organised to coincide with the Czech national day, the protests came a week after the United Nations labelled the country’s treatment ...
Four people have been arrested in Bangladesh in connection with the killing of an Italian aid worker last month. Bangladeshi police said on Monday that they had detained four gunmen, adding that they have all ...
Two Turkish police forces and seven members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have been killed in clashes in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir, security sources say. The development came early on Monday after police ...
The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) has launched a 2.5 million euro appeal to help children affected by Typhoon Koppu in the Philippines. The charity said children face risks from contaminated water sources, lack of ...
As the flow of migrants continued towards Germany, Slovenia said it can not accept thousands of migrants a day. That is likely to cause a further backlog in people trying to reach Germany. As migrants ...
Israeli forces have used live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes with Palestinians, leaving five people dead and at least 150 others wounded in just one day. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, ...
Hundreds of Greeks marched in Athens on Thursday night to demand more solidarity with refugees, as it emerged that a Bulgarian border guard had shot dead an Afghan man trying to enter the country from ...
