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Six women and five men from Ethiopia are known to have died in a road accident in Somalia, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. They were being transported by smugglers who reportedly planned to take them to Yemen via…

Equatorial Guinea has suspended over 300 fishing vessels for fraudulently flying its flag, Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang has said. He said of the 368 vessels fishing under the Equato-guinean flag, only 20 were registered with the…

A stampede at a Ramadan food distribution centre in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi has killed at least 11 people, all women and children, according to police and rescue officials. Several people were also injured in Friday’s…

Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has been cleared of making a racist comment in 2009 towards a group of teammates of South Asian ethnicity. The scandal erupted when Azeem Rafiq, a former player at Yorkshire, went public in…

Russian strategic nuclear weapons might be deployed in Belarus along with part of Russia’s tactical nuclear arsenal, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week that his…

King Charles, on his state visit to Germany, laid a wreath remembering those who died in Allied bombings of Hamburg in World War Two. It was at a poignant service held in the ruins of St Nikolai church, which have been preserved as a…

We're following events in South Africa closely, where disgraced athlete Oscar Pistorius is hoping to be released from jail after serving half his 13-year sentence for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. The lawyer for Ms Steenkamp's parents…

South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar, who is also the leader of the opposition SPLM-IO party, has rejected the appointment of Gen Chol Thon Balok as the new defence minister. The general is from President Salva Kiir's party and…

The parole hearing for former Paralympics star and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius is "a very traumatic experience" for the parents of Reeva Steenkamp, their lawyer has said. "It's painful June has to face Oscar Pistorius again this…

The Namibian defence minister, Frans Kapofi, has expressed concerns over the high number of recruits who were found unhealthy to serve in the army. Mr Kapofi said some 1,300 recruits of the October 2022 intake have quit training for…