10+ hour, 37+ min ago   (355+ words) Armed fighters have kidnapped six imams in a northern Nigerian state which has fallen prey to gangs demanding ransoms for release, police said on Sunday. Kidnappings have become a serious source of revenue for Nigeria’s many armed groups, both for…...

14+ hour, 39+ min ago   (366+ words) Authorities in China’s southern island province of Hainan have suspended classes in parts of the province and closed 27 tourist attractions as a tropical depression over the South China Sea unleashes torrential rain across the region. Heavy rainfall is expected to…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (378+ words) Turkish police on Sunday made a slew of arrests in raids on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ activists, authorities and one organisation targeted said. Gurlek did not specify how many people had been taken into custody, but said…...

7+ hour, 12+ min ago   (419+ words) Around 230 people were evacuated overnight Sunday on the Croatian Adriatic island of Brac because of a fire that has ravaged some 3,500 hectares (8,600 acres), according to authorities. With the wildfire threatening peoples’ houses after being fanned by strong winds, the authorities…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (672+ words) A fire and stampede at a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, the UN children’s agency said on Friday, with some pupils leaping from windows on high floors to escape the carnage. The blaze…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (673+ words) US Republicans return to the stage Thursday to close their midterm convention, still betting that Donald Trump’s political magnetism can overcome grim election forecasts — while giving Vice President JD Vance a prime-time showcase as a potential heir. Trump will dominate…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (361+ words) Hengqin is soon to house a centre dedicated to managing earth-system data for international exchanges, with construction work on this initiative kicking off on 10 September on this island. According to a Wednesday announcement from the Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau,…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (558+ words) French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on Europe to develop its own crewed spaceflight capability within a decade as part of a broader push to strengthen the continent’s space sector. Macron made the call during an international space summit…...

4+ day, 24+ min ago   (567+ words) The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors on Wednesday decided to close a long-time probe against Syria launched under ousted leader Bashar al-Assad after the country’s new authorities led agency exports to key nuclear sites. Inspectors from the International Atomic…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (599+ words) At a UK museum, a long expertly-embroidered cloth displayed across two galleries recounts in images the epic story of the Norman conquest of England. But this is not the world-renowned 70-metre (230-foot) long Bayeux Tapestry on loan from France at…...