KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 20 people died and 22 others were injured after gunmen from an unidentified militia attacked a village in the Sudanese state of South Darfur, witnesses and a local community leader said on Saturday. Attackers on horseback and camels opened fire on villagers in the Um Doss area, which is located […]

Mohamad Rayhan Kabir arrested and faces deportation for criticising Malaysian government in the July 3 documentary. Malaysian authorities say they have arrested a Bangladeshi man and will deport him for criticising the government over its treatment of undocumented immigrants in a documentary by news broadcaster Al Jazeera. Mohamad Rayhan Kabir has been on the run […]

Australia has formally rejected China’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea, aligning itself more closely with the US as tensions rise. In a declaration to the United Nations, Australia said the claims, which take in the majority of the sea, had “no legal basis”. China has not reacted. It comes after the […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia has joined the United States in stating that China’s claims in the South China Sea do not comply with international law in a declaration likely to anger China and put more strain on their deteriorating relations. The United States this month rejected China’s claims to offshore resources in most of the […]

Kentucky teen settles $250m defamation lawsuit against Washington Post after claiming the outlet made him out to be a racist following his stand-off with a Native American at the Lincoln Memorial Nicholas Sandmann, a student at Covington Catholic High School, said on Friday he had settled a $250 million defamation lawsuit  He sued the outlet […]

Figures come as Trump officials press for schools to reopen and US immigration body bars entry to new foreign students. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases, with the total rising by 284,196 in the past 24 hours. Some 15.7 million people around the world have been diagnosed with […]

Covid crisis is ‘destroying women’s careers’ according to survey of nearly 20,000 mothers – as half say they do not have enough childcare to be able to work Half of working mothers lack the necessary childcare to enable them to work  Survey of 20,000 mothers shows 70 per cent have had to work fewer hours […]

Michael Cohen walked into his apartment building on the Upper East Side Friday evening to begin his home confinement term, ending a weeks-long fiasco that saw him arrested and returned to federal prison for refusing terms of his confinement. Cohen, wearing a suit jacket, baseball hat and surgical mask, walked into his building with his […]

Spray that costs pennies and kills viruses instantly could be a simple, cheap solution to Britain’s Covid nightmare – as scientists ask why we’re not already using it People in Japan with giant cylinders on their backs are spraying the streets They are covering trains, classrooms, restaurants and bars in hypochlorous acid It is 100 […]

ANTHONY Walker was just 18 when he was killed in an unprovoked racist attack in 2005. Michael Barton, then 17, brother of ex-footballer Joey Barton, and his cousin Paul Taylor, then 20, were convicted of the Liverpool murder. Now the drama Anthony, on BBC1 on Monday, will imagine the life he should have had – […]