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There has been a significant increase in the number of people fleeing fresh violence in the Sudanese region of Darfur, a medical charity says. Witnesses have accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias of carrying out ethnic killings against non-Arabs in West Darfur. The RSF did not immediately comment on the claims but it had earlier said it was not involved in what it described as a "tribal […]
Residents in the restive north-western Ethiopian region of Amhara have accused government forces of drone strikes and indiscriminate shelling as widespread fighting between the army and local militias continues. An ongoing internet shutdown imposed by the authorities since August has made it difficult to independently confirm the allegations or get details of the violence. Locals in East and West Gojjam, North Shoa and Central Gondar areas of the region have […]
Chinese people have expressed alarm online after another gymnasium collapsed in the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang, the second in months. The cave-in on Monday night killed three people and came after days of unseasonably cold weather and snowfall. The victims' details are still to be disclosed but children were reported to be inside the gym at the time. Video online showed rescuers scrabbling through snow-covered concrete rubble on a basketball […]
Millions have begun voting in the states of Mizoram and Chhattisgarh as a round of key state elections kick off in India. They are among five states going to the polls between 7 and 30 November. Vote counting is due on 3 December. These polls are seen as a precursor to the national elections next year. Analysts say they are expected to offer some insights into how the governing and […]
Chilean authorities are investigating the cause of a fire at a migrant settlement in the southern city of Coronel that killed 14 Venezuelans. Eight children were among the dead, Coronel's deputy mayor, Javier Valencia said. He added that the fire's cause was unknown but that officials were investigating whether a heating unit had overheated. Three families were living in two homes destroyed by the fire. Mr Valencia criticised an apparent […]
Letters confiscated by Britain's Royal Navy before they reached French sailors during the Seven Years' War have been opened for the first time. Written in 1757-8, they were sent by loved ones for crew onboard a French warship, but never reached them. Prof Renaud Morieux, who discovered the letters, said they were about "universal human experiences". The Seven Years' War was a battle mainly between Britain and France about control of North America and India. It ended with the Treaty […]
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered the police to conduct a thorough investigation after a radio broadcaster was shot dead on air, the fourth journalist to be killed since the president took office in June last year. Juan Jumalon, also known as DJ Johnny Walker, was shot by an unidentified assailant while broadcasting from his home in the southern town of Calamba on Sunday morning, the National Union of […]
A former US state department official has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for his role in the US Capitol riot. Federico Klein, 45, was convicted in July on 12 charges, including assaulting officers and obstructing an official proceeding. Prosecutors said Klein was in the first wave of rioters to enter a Capitol tunnel on 6 January 2021. "You can't stop this!" he said, wedging open doors with […]
More than 150 people have been killed after an earthquake struck remote western Nepal on Friday. Security forces have been deployed to help rescue efforts in the rugged districts of Jajarkot and West Rukum, 500km (310 miles) west of Kathmandu. Strong tremors were felt far away in the Nepalese capital and in cities in neighbouring India, including Delhi. The army spokesman said more than 100 people had been injured. Jajarkot's […]
