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North Korean balloon dumps rubbish on South Korea’s presidential compound | News

Local media report that ballon also carried leaflets ridiculing the South Korean president. Rubbish carried by a North Korean balloon…

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Belarus President Lukashenko to seek seventh term in January vote | Russia-Ukraine war News

Opposition calls for non-recognition of vote set to extend Lukashenko’s 30-year rule. Belarus plans to hold a presidential vote, in…

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Attack on aerospace company near Turkey’s Ankara: What we know | Conflict News

One of the main drivers of Turkey’s defence industry became the target of a deadly attack on Wednesday afternoon. The…

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War and instability bring African governance progress to a halt: Report | Government News

Democratic backsliding in Africa reflects global trend towards ‘strongman politics’ emboldening autocrats. Progress in democratic governance in Africa has ground…

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Cuba extends workplace, school shutdowns in wake of power blackouts | Energy News

The energy-saving measures come as government struggles to restore grid and surveys hurricane that killed seven. Cuba will keep all…

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Biden announces $50bn G7 loan to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets | Russia-Ukraine war News

US Treasury Secretary Yellen says Russia will be ‘bear the costs of its illegal war, instead of taxpayers’ in the…

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US charges Venezuelan media tycoon with money laundering | Corruption News

Raul Gorrin Belisario, owner of Globovision, allegedly took part in $1.2bn scheme to launder corrupt oil money. The United States…

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Gisele Pelicot tells mass rape trial ‘it’s not us who should feel shame’ | Sexual Assault News

Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband and dozens of other men are on trial in France and accused of raping her, has…

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Al Jazeera decries ‘unfounded’ Israeli claims about its Gaza journalists | Hamas News

Al Jazeera has strongly rejected a claim by the Israeli military that six of its journalists based in Gaza are…

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Gustavo Gutierrez, champion of Christian liberation theology, dies | Religion News

An advocate for the world’s ‘poor and exploited’, Gutierrez promoted ideals that revolutionised the Latin American church. Peruvian priest Gustavo…

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