Deadly battles erupt across Tripoli, raising fears of wider Libya war
Tripoli, Libya Reuters Rival factions battled across Libya’s capital on Saturday in the worst fighting there for two years as an eyewitness said forces aligned with a parliament-backed administration moved on the city to try to take power. The Tripoli government’s health ministry gave a preliminary death toll of 12 people, with 87 injured, but […]
Pakistan floods force tens of thousands from homes overnight
Peshawar, Pakistan/Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in northern Pakistan on Saturday after a fast-rising river destroyed a major bridge, as deadly floods cause devastation across the country. Powerful flash floods in the northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caused the Kabul River to swell, sweeping away a large bridge overnight, cutting […]
Underground theatre: Ukraine actors return to stage in bomb shelter
Mykolaiv, Ukraine Reuters Actors in a heavily bombarded city in southern Ukraine have returned to the stage, putting on their first performance since Russia’s invasion in an underground shelter converted into a tiny theatre. A few dozen theatre-goers descended steep concrete steps into the subterranean venue on Thursday for the opening night of a show […]
Kyiv renames nearly 100 streets to shed Russian past
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s capital renamed 95 streets on Thursday as part of a drive to purge Russian and Soviet place names, Kyiv’s mayor announced a day after Ukraine marked 31 years of independence. Since Russia invaded in February, Ukraine has accelerated what it calls “derussification”, a campaign to shed the legacy of hundreds of years […]
Afghan refugees rebuild lives in South Korea a year after Taliban takeover
Yongin, South KoreaReuters A year after nearly 400 Afghan refugees fled the Taliban takeover of their homeland to settle in South Korea, many have swapped white-collar pursuits for factory jobs in a struggle with language and cultural challenges as they build new lives. They were among the 79 Afghan families South Korea evacuated as Kabul […]
Hungry and malnourished, north-east Nigeria endures humanitarian crisis
Damaturu, Nigeria Reuters Lying on a small bed next to her mother, 14-month-old Aisha Usman stares blankly, her eyes sunk in their sockets and rib cage visible. She is the latest arrival at a treatment centre for severely malnourished children in Nigeria’s northeast, where a long running Islamist insurgency has uprooted millions, forcing farmers to […]
Catholic Church: In making McElroy a cardinal, Francis elevates champion for ‘pastoral’ cause
JACK JENKINS and ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, report that the San Diego cardinal-to-be will be an ally for a pope who has long advocated for the church to change its priorities without changing its teaching…
Zelenskiy says danger remains after nuclear plant resumes power supply
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s President on Friday said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remains “very risky” after two of its six reactors were reconnected to the grid following shelling that caused Europe’s largest nuclear power plant to be disconnected for the first time in its history. Russian shelling continued to displace civilians in […]
Pope says he will visit North Korea if invited – South Korean broadcaster
Seoul, South KoreaReuters Pope Francis has asked for an invitation from North Korea to visit the isolated country, South Korean broadcaster KBS reported. “I will go there as soon as they invite me. I’m saying they should invite me. I will not refuse,” KBS quoted the Pope as saying in an interview aired on Thursday. […]
Air strike on playground kills seven in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – hospital
Nairobi, KenyaReuters An air strike on a children’s play area killed at least seven people in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Friday, medical officials there said, the first such attack after a four-month old ceasefire collapsed this week. The officials said three children were among the dead but a a Federal Government […]