Madagascar’s ousted president confirmed for the first time that he had fled the country, issuing a statement after a military-led power grab prompted by weeks of demonstrations that have plunged the island nation into crisis. President Andry Rajoelina left between…
The United States Department of State has revoked the visas of at least six foreign nationals over social media posts that appeared to celebrate or justify the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In a sharply worded statement posted on…
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died in India, Indian police said Wednesday. He was aged 80. “The death is confirmed,” Krishnan M, additional superintendent of police in India’s southern state of Kerala, told AFP. “The Kenyan national was on…
US President Donald Trump landed in Israel aboard Air Force One on Monday as a first group of Israeli hostages returned home from Gaza after two years’ captivity. The US leader was greeted on a red carpet at Ben Gurion…
A powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least one person and triggering regional tsunami warnings that were later lifted. The quake hit about 20 kilometres (12 miles) off Manay in the Mindanao region at…
A Russian drone attack sparked a fire on a farm in Ukraine’s northeast overnight, killing some 13,000 pigs, emergency services said on Friday. Animals have suffered along with people throughout the three-and-a-half-year war. Previous Russian strikes have hit stables and…
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to 72 on Thursday, officials said, as the search for the missing wound down and rescuers turned their focus to the hundreds injured and thousands left homeless. The…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane took an unusual route to New York on Thursday, skirting several European countries en route to the United Nations General Assembly. Although France had authorised Israeli use of its airspace, according to a French…
The head of the Kremlin-backed government in annexed Crimea blamed Ukraine on Monday for a deadly drone strike, while Kyiv said a Russian attack had killed three people in the country’s southeast. Sergey Aksyonov said the Ukrainian military had targeted…
United States President Donald Trump has signed a broad executive order that imposes a $100,000 annual fee on companies seeking H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers, BBC reported on Saturday. The new policy is set to take effect on September…
