July 3, 2025
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Asia

Afghanistan: more than 100 believed killed despite Taliban amnesty offer, says UN

The United Nations says it has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 members of the ousted Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban took over on 15 August. Secretary general Antonio Guterres said in a report that “more than two thirds” of the deaths were […]
Africa News

Libya elite told to end ‘game of musical chairs and focus on elections’

Libya’s political class should stop conducting musical chairs to stay in power and focus instead on preparing for nationwide elections to be held by June, the special adviser to the UN secretary general has said. Stephanie Williams also warned of a possible resurgence of Islamic State if Libya were to fall back into total division. Libya failed to […]
Latest News

Edinburgh-Newcastle rail line closed due to Storm Corrie

Rail passenger face major disruption as services between Edinburgh and Newcastle are suspended due to Storm Corrie. The line was closed on Monday morning because of strong winds and heavy rain across the east coast of Scotland and the north-east of England. Affected operators include London North Eastern Railway, CrossCountry and TransPennine Express. Network Rail said it
Middle East

Iran sends French-Iranian academic back to jail at key point in nuclear talks

Iran has sent back to prison from house arrest French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, a shock development in the midst of delicate talks on the Iranian nuclear drive. Adelkhah was sentenced in May 2020 to five years in prison for conspiring against national security, accusations her supporters have always denounced as absurd. She was allowed home in Tehran in […]
Europe

Half of France’s primary schools expected to close as teachers strike

France faces one of its biggest education strikes in decades on Thursday, when about 75% of teachers are expected to walk out, forcing the closure of half the country’s primary schools in protest at the government’s handling of Covid-19 measures in the education sector. President Emmanuel Macron this week restated the government view that one of France’s […]
Asia

North Korea says it tested hypersonic missile with ‘superior manoeuvrability’

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw the successful test of a hypersonic missile, state media reported on Wednesday, the second such launch by the nuclear-armed nation in less than a week. Tuesday’s launch forced the US to briefly halt some flights on its west coast, the Federal Aviation Administration said, and was more advanced in nature […]
Africa News

Tented love: how Senegal created a spectacular new African architecture

Visiting the International Fair of Dakar is like taking a stroll through the ruins of some ancient Toblerone-worshipping civilisation. A cluster of triangular pavilions rises from a podium, each clad in a rich pattern of seashells and pebbles. These are reached by triangular steps that lead past triangular plant pots to momentous triangular entranceways. All around, great