Blackmun gave health reasons for his retirement but he had faced pressure and criticism for not acting on complaints against serial abuser Larry Nasser. The head of the US Olympics Committee has resigned. Scott Blackmun said he’s stepping down, citing health concerns related to prostate cancer. The sport body has faced months of criticism for […]

What the US Navy is describing as a routine port stop is being seen as a direct signal to China. The United States has sent its largest military force to Vietnam since the end of the war in 1975. The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and two other ships have dropped anchor off the coast of […]

Who will be the next prime minister of Britain if Theresa May steps down? A surprise offer on Wednesday by May to step aside if her plan for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union were approved prompted political analysts to speculate about who might replace her. Britain’s environment secretary Michael Gove Credit:AP Michael Gove Gove, […]

Zimbabwe’s president says $591m in state funds have been returned during an amnesty on stolen state funds, but it’s less than half of what he had hoped and Zimbabweans don’t expect senior officials to be prosecuted. Nearly four months after he was sworn in as Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, says significant progress has been […]

The government has not released a list of those killed and wounded in the revolution, stymying attempts to seek justice against members of the regimes security forces or get medical care for injuries suffered during the revolution. Families of people killed in Tunisia’s revolution say they’re still seeking justice, seven years on. They accuse members […]

The law ‘will add more teeth to their mandate.’ Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill giving the police chief and two other senior police officials the power to issue subpoenas to hasten the investigation of crimes. The law “will add more teeth to their mandate to enhance the law and find […]

It marks the end of historic winter games, which saw North and South Korea uniting at the Olympics and North Korean athletes participating in their first winter paralympics. The Winter Paralympics have wrapped up in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It marks the end of historic winter games, which saw North and South Korea uniting at the […]

Israeli intelligence minister, Yisrael Katz, says the video was a warning that Israel will ‘never allow’ Iran or its other enemies to acquire nuclear weapons. The Israeli military has confirmed for the first time that it bombed a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria 11 years ago. It has released previously classified video of the attack […]

Migrants from the Horn of Africa continue to seek work in wealthy Gulf states, even attempting a dangerous transit through war-torn Yemen. Hundreds of African migrants are being held at a detention centre without food, in the port city of Aden. Most of them made dangerous journeys from the Horn of Africa despite the war […]

Kingdom says it has been targeted by 90 ballistic missiles from Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the past three years. Saudi Arabia has claimed to have intercepted all seven missiles fired from Yemen, but missile experts who watched interception videos have questioned those claims. Jeffrey Lewis, a missile expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies […]