Russian strike on Sumy injures six as mass drone attack hits Ukraine/in /by
Ukraine said six people, including a child, were injured after a Russian strike hit Sumy on Thursday. Firefighters spent hours tackling flames in residential and industrial areas damaged in the attack.
Turkey welcomes 422 Gaza flotilla activists after Israel detention/in /by
422 Gaza flotilla activists landed in Istanbul on Thursday after being deported by Israel. Several alleged physical abuse and torture following the interception of their aid convoy.
‘We are not for sale’: Greenlanders protest growing US presence in Nuuk/in /by
Hundreds in Nuuk protest a renewed US presence, accusing Washington of treating Greenland as a strategic asset and demanding respect for self-rule.
Morocco building collapse kills at least nine/in /by
A residential building in the Moroccan city of Fes collapsed on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring others, authorities said
Undocumented foreigners seek safety as S.African anti-migrant marches intensify/in /by
Dozens of foreign nationals sought refuge at a church centre in South Africa's eastern city of Durban on Wednesday as mobs of locals stepped up a weeks-long campaign against undocumented migrants
London museum unveils jurassic ocean giants/in /by
A new exhibition at Natural History Museum in London is taking visitors back nearly 200 million years to a time when giant marine reptiles ruled the oceans.
Morocco eyes global gaming boom at Rabat Expo/in /by
Developers in Morocco are bidding to become significant players in the global gaming industry. With the worldwide market said to be worth some 300 billion dollars, the challenge for many companies at the gaming expo in Rabat is how to take a one percent slice of the action.
Grief and fear grow over Ebola outbreak in Eastern Congo/in /by
At the Bunia General Hospital in the heart of eastern Congo’s Ebola outbreak on Thursday, a mother who lost her son wailed in the courtyard while other relatives of patients sat silently nearby.
DRC Ebola hospital set on fire as protesters demand access to bodies of dead relatives/in /by
Violence has erupted in eastern DR Congo after tensions linked to the handling of victims of the latest Ebola outbreak. Protesters in Rwampara wanted to recover the bodies of their dead relatives in order to bury them. When they were denied, they set the hospital on fire.
Kenya court ends teen sex prosecutions/in /by
In a landmark ruling, Kenya’s High Court has declared that young people should no longer face criminal prosecution for consensual under-age sexual relationships, a decision rights groups are calling a major victory for adolescent rights.