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US may be 'forced to intervene' in the Red Sea

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote on Monday launched what is slated to be Africa's biggest initial public offering (IPO), aiming to raise $1.6 billion in part to expand his mega oil refinery into the world's largest.

Some 75,000 people with hearing loss live in Ivory Coast. For many of them, daily tasks that often require speaking and hearing are incredibly difficult to navigate. Israël Mansaré, a psychologist and interpreter, has decided to become…

State news channel, Al-Mamlaka, says the southern port of Aqaba was evacuated as a precaution.

On 21 August, armed men entered a mosque in Dekara village in Niger State while Friday prayers were underway. At around the same time, nearby settlements were also raided. A few days later, a video circulated on social media showing…

At least two people were killed and 13 others wounded on Sunday, 13 September, when an Israeli airstrike hit a car in Gaza City's Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood, according to local medical sources cited by news agencies. Israel said the strike…

Middle East tensions jolted energy markets on Monday as a planned round of regional diplomacy was put on ice and new attacks threatened the two waterways and corridors most critical to global oil trade. Oil prices climbed more than 3%…

At least 51 people rescued as search operation continues off the island of Gavnos near Crete.

The parliament isn’t set to meet until late September to elect a new speaker, and then prime minister Senior figures in the Social Democratic party are meeting this morning with party leader Magdalena Andersson to discuss next steps. The…

Yemeni government forces have advanced in western Taiz after successfully repelling a Houthi offensive.

Labour MPs and unions are pressuring the government to legislate for a stricter cap on political party donations Richard Tice , Reform UK’s deputy leader, has declined to say when two crypto billionaires who gave a combined £72m to the…

'Mbappe and I are the two best in the world,' Yamal says before claiming he'd deserve to win the prestigious award.

STC’s 2027 program also features Celeste Barber in Amy Sedaris and David Sedaris play, Tim Minchin as Scrooge and the return of The Picture of Dorian Gray Six years after the Australian historian Jenny Hocking won her legal battle to…

The DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak has passed 7,000 cases, Congolese authorities said on Saturday, including close to 3,400 deaths. But the government also said that the spread of the disease may have peaked.

US officials reportedly raided envoy’s London home and took him to American airbase without warning Met police UK politics live – latest updates British ministers face calls to act after US authorities secretly flew out of the UK a…

The killing of the 16-year-old nearly a year ago had shocked Malaysia and sparked debate about social media.

More than 70,000 people crossed into Ceuta on July 30 and 31 in an unprecedented and deadly rush, although most returned to Morocco within hours.

Organisers in Japan say they had 'neither the manpower nor the budget' to deal with the accommodation shortage.

Police in Bali believe the two young children died as a result of violence, while a 57-year-old man is believed to have taken his own life Indonesian police are investigating the deaths of three Australians who died in Bali over the…

Gunshots were heard at a polling station in the Muslim-majority Bangsamoro region of the southern Philippines.

Le Président de la République, Son Excellence Ismail Omar Guelleh, a regagné le pays hier dimanche, en fin d’après-midi, à l’issue de sa participation en France, au 1er Sommet mondial sur l’Espace. Evènement auquel ont pris part des…

Fashion industry leader wrestles PETA activists

Richard Tice says donations are legally compliant amid speculation on overseas rules proposed in Rycroft report Reform UK’s deputy leader has declined to say when two crypto billionaires who gave a combined £72m to the party returned to…

Indonesia intensified its search operation on 14 September for 129 people still missing after the Virgo Transport 8 ferry capsized in rough seas in the Java Sea the previous day. By then, 108 survivors had been rescued and six bodies…

A new public consultation has opened on the 150bn-litre above-ground White Horse project in Abingdon, Oxfordshire Thames Water has amended the blueprint of a planned mega-reservoir in Oxfordshire as the struggling utility tries to convince…

Shares in Africa’s largest oil refinery went on sale on Monday with the initial public offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals. Owner Aliko Dangote, the continent's richest man, says it's a chance for ordinary Africans to…

More than 1,000 people have died from the disease over the past six months, despite record vaccinations this year.

Russian strikes near the Polish frontier jolted Europe’s eastern edge yesterday, with Poland and Ukraine condemning an attack that hit a Kyiv-to-Warsaw passenger train close to a border checkpoint—minutes after another train carrying…

Shares in tech firms tumble across Asia with Nasdaq also likely to dip later after Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX leaders back call Business news – live updates AI-linked stocks tumbled on Monday after the bosses of Anthropic, OpenAI and…

Ukraine said a Russian drone strike ignited a fire at a petrol station near the Yahodyn–Dorohusk border crossing with Poland in the early hours of Sunday, 13 September. Video filmed close to the crossing showed flames and thick smoke as…