14+ hour, 31+ min ago   (439+ words) The Spanish government on Sunday said more than 5,300 of the migrants who remained in Ceuta after July’s influx had returned to Morocco in a month, as it faces pressure to restore normality to the increasingly tense city. The new figures…...

14+ hour, 14+ min ago   (503+ words) Flaring fighting between government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen has displaced nearly 86,000 people, the United Nations said Sunday, with the number surging by 10,000 from a day earlier. Tens of thousands have taken flight in the wake of a…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (834+ words) The US Federal Reserve goes into a key rate-setting meeting this week with markets expecting policymakers to pull the trigger on a rate hike to tackle persistently high inflation — and analysts say central bank chief Kevin Warsh’s credibility is on…...

1+ day, 7+ hour 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…...

22+ hour, 44+ 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…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (888+ words) Isolated, under-developed Laos brands itself the “Battery of Southeast Asia”, powering its neighbours with dozens of hydroelectric plants, but frequent power outages leave its own people in the dark. Exports of electricity to neighbouring countries including Thailand and Vietnam are…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (422+ words) Niger’s junta chief appointed a new chief of staff, state TV reported on Friday, after a thwarted army mutiny last month shook his grip on power. Supporters of the military government put down the attempted uprising with the help of…...

1+ day, 22+ 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, 17+ hour ago   (462+ words) The US-led anti-jihadist coalition has begun withdrawing from Iraq’s Kurdistan region ahead of a deadline to end their mission in the country, a Kurdish official said Thursday. They had already completed their withdrawal from other bases in Iraq in January…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (340+ words) US wholesale inflation picked up more than expected in August, government data showed Thursday, driven by higher energy costs in the month — particularly for diesel — as the US war with Iran continued. The Producer Price Index (PPI) was up 5.4 percent…...