Russian attacks on hospital in Ukraine’s Sumy kill 10, Kyiv says
Updated: 9am, 29th September, 2024 (AEST) Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia attacked a hospital in Sumy in north-eastern Ukraine early on Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring at least 22 others, Ukrainian officials said. Danielle Bell, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said “loitering munitions” – or suicide drones – hit the […]
US south-east faces daunting task cleaning up from Helene; death toll rises to at least 43
Atlanta, US Reuters Authorities across a wide swath of the south-eastern United States faced the daunting task on Saturday of cleaning up from Hurricane Helene, one of the most powerful to hit the country, as the death toll continued to rise. At least 43 deaths were reported by late on Friday, and officials feared still […]
Tunisia assembly votes to strip court of electoral authority, days before presidential vote
Tunis, Tunisia Reuters Tunisia’s parliament approved a law stripping the Administrative Court of its authority to adjudicate electoral disputes on Friday, nine days before the presidential election and fuelling opposition fears of a rigged result aimed at keeping President Kais Saied in power. The Administrative Court is widely seen as the North African country’s last […]
In pictures: Papal trip to Luxembourg and Belgium
Pope Francis visited Luxembourg and Belgium this week. Here is a collection of images of the occasion…
Beirut soup kitchen struggles to keep up as Israeli strikes intensify
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Chains of volunteers spoon rice and vegetables into meal containers while others stir huge pots of boiling rice, as a soup kitchen in Beirut struggles to keep up with demand from displaced people escaping Israeli strikes. Volunteers at non-profit organisation ‘Nation Station’, prepare meals to be distributed for people who were displaced […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy presents ‘victory plan’ to Trump at New York meeting
New York, US Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented his war “victory plan” to Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting on Friday, after the Republican presidential candidate said he would work with both Ukraine and Russia to end their conflict. The meeting between the two men at Trump Tower in Manhattan was their first in-person […]
Gunmen shoot and kill aid worker in Gaza, charity and family say
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Gunmen in the Gaza Strip shot and killed a Palestinian aid worker from a US-based charity, firing on her car in what officials from the Hamas-run government told her family was a case of mistaken identity. The car in which Islam Hejazy, Gaza program manager at HEAL Palestine, was traveling was intercepted […]
Ten dead in petrol station blast in Russia’s Dagestan region
Moscow, Russia Reuters An explosion at a petrol station in Russia’s Caspian Sea region of Dagestan killed 10 people on Friday, including two children, the emergencies ministry said. A view shows smoke and fire after an explosion at a fuel station in Makhachkala in the region of Dagestan, Russia, on 27th September, 2024. PICTURE: Russian […]
Christians in Nicaragua: Their churches no longer feel safe. Now Nicaraguans are taking their worship home
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports on the pressure being put on churches in Nicaragua…
Shigeru Ishiba: political troublemaker set to take charge in Japan
Tokyo, Japan Reuters Japan’s next Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, says he reads three books a day and would rather do that than mingle with the ruling party colleagues who picked him as their new leader on Friday. The 67-year-old’s successful leadership bid after four failed attempts puts the self-professed lone wolf at the helm of […]