Ukraine is being pushed into a new phase of the war as Russia Ukraine drone attacks become faster, more frequent and harder to stop. Ukrainian officials say Russia launched more than 2,800 jet-powered Shahed drones during August, while Kyiv and Odesa have faced almost daily strikes. The latest assault on Tuesday killed at least 12…
The latest US-Iran conflict is becoming less about whether the United States will use nuclear weapons and more about how far both sides are willing to go without triggering another full-scale war. President Donald Trump has ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran, saying conventional US military power is enough. His comments came after the…
The US-Iran conflict has entered a dangerous new phase after the two countries exchanged military strikes for the first time in about a month. The latest escalation has raised fresh concerns that a conflict that had briefly slowed could return to full-scale fighting. The immediate flashpoint is not only the strikes themselves. It is the…
Niger has returned to a tense calm after mutinous soldiers launched attacks on key sites in the capital, Niamey, in what authorities described as an attempted coup. The ruling junta says it has regained control, but the brief uprising has exposed growing pressure inside a military government that came to power promising to restore security….
For millions of people living with sickle cell disease, the biggest challenge is not only the illness itself. It is getting regular access to medicines that can reduce painful crises and hospital visits. That is why Senegal’s sickle cell treatment, Drepaf, could be bigger than a new drug on the market. Produced by Senegalese pharmaceutical…
US President Donald Trump has announced what he called the “biggest oil deal in world history”, saying the US Venezuela oil deal gives American interests majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves. The announcement could reshape the relationship between Washington and Caracas while giving US companies a major role…
Norway is mourning the death of King Harald V, who died at the age of 89 on August 28 after more than three decades on the throne. His death has ended one of the longest modern chapters in Norway’s royal history, while his son, Crown Prince Haakon, has immediately become King Haakon VIII. The transition…
The Nepal floods have become one of the deadliest disasters in the region after a powerful flash flood swept through communities near the Nepal-China border. The latest reports put the death toll at more than 600, while nearly 3,000 people remain missing across Nepal and Tibet. The disaster was linked to an ice-rock avalanche in…
Russia has escalated its warnings against Britain, saying British military targets could be attacked in response to Ukraine’s use of British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles against Russian territory. The latest warning comes days after Britain agreed to share classified technical information with Ukraine to help it eventually produce its own version of the long-range missile. Why…
A devastating Nepal glacier collapse has triggered catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds missing. The disaster swept through villages, roads and bridges along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems, turning normally busy mountain routes into disaster zones. The scale of the Nepal flash floods is still…
