Sudan detains nine soldiers after schoolchildren killing
Sudan has dismissed and detained nine soldiers in connection with Monday’s killing of protesters, including six schoolchildren. Serena Chaudhry reports....
Cuba reveals health, hotel, other service earnings
Cash-strapped Cuba on Friday for the first time published details of its foreign exchange earnings from services such as telecommunications, hotels, health and education assistance,...
A U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty is dead. Now what?
After months of diplomatic threats, the U.S. has formally withdrawn from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty. But although the Cold War-era deal is dead, what’s...
Swedish prosecutor calls for six-month jail term for rapper A$AP Rocky
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his entourage should each face six-month jail terms for throwing a 19-year-old man to the ground and kicking...
Judge releases A$AP Rocky from custody until assault trial verdict
The Swedish judge in the assault trial of U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his entourage ordered that the three men be released from...
Refinitiv removes Reuters story on Hong Kong protests from screens in China
Under pressure from Chinese regulators, financial information provider Refinitiv has removed from its Eikon terminals in China a Reuters story detailing how an official with...
Congo races to contain Ebola after gold miner contaminates several in Goma
Congolese authorities were racing to contain an Ebola epidemic on Thursday, after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people in the east’s...
India’s summer crop planting down 6.6% from last year, likely to pick up
Indian farmers have planted 78.8 million hectares with summer-sown crops so far, farm ministry data showed on Friday, down 6.6% from last year mainly due...
Tsunami warning after strong quake near Indonesia
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted. Joe Davies reports....
African swine fever hits sixth pig farm in Bulgaria
Bulgarian veterinary authorities said on Friday they would cull 8,253 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the...