MONDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2025, 14:56
Survivors who endured abuse at the hands of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein gathered on the steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, to demand greater transparency from the federal government.
The U.S. is designating Ecuador’s two largest gangs — Los Choneros and Los Lobos — as foreign terrorist organizations.
Communal clashes in northern Ghana that started late last month have killed at least 31 people and displaced nearly 50 000, officials said on Thursday, with more than 13 000 fleeing across the border into Ivory Coast.
Despite experts saying that famine has begun in Gaza, Israel is threatening more curbs on aid deliveries. Aid groups say extra restrictions will make the starvation crisis worse.
Experts say Kim likely hopes to restore ties with China, North Korea’s biggest trading partner and aid provider, as there have been questions about the bilateral relationship.
An overcrowded boat sank after colliding with a tree stump in north-central Nigeria, authorities said. At least 29 people are reported to have died and some officials say the toll was rising.
Volunteers and rescuers pulled more bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings in eastern Afghanistan, days after an earthquake that inflicted a death toll that was already at nearly 1 470 people, Taliban authorities said.
Burkina Faso’s parliament has passed a law banning homosexuality with offenders facing two to five years in prison. The amended family code was approved in a unanimous vote in the West African country.
US president Donald Trump’s administration said on Wednesday it was “very troubled” by the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund’s divestment of US construction equipment group Caterpillar, and is engaging with Norway’s government on the issue.
A US judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to overturn deep funding cuts to Harvard University that froze more than $2 billion over allegations of antisemitism and bias at the Ivy League institution.
Israel has cleared the way to build a controversial new settlement in the occupied West Bank, a move that has been condemned as the death knell for a future Palestinian state.
The streetcar’s crumpled wreckage was still on the downtown road where it crashed Thursday. Officials declined to speculate on whether a faulty brake or a snapped cable may have caused the accident.
Portugal held a day of national mourning after a funicular train derailed in Lisbon, killing at least 15 people in one of the capital’s most popular tourist spots.
The government called on the court to reverse an appeals court ruling that found most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are an illegal use of an emergency powers law.
As the Department of Defense removes trans troops as part of the new ban, the Air Force is enacting some new rules that leaves them with no due process…and in some cases, no benefits.
There’s still no end in sight to Russia-Ukraine war, according to NPR correspondents in both countries. Peace efforts appear to be going nowhere and the fighting remains intense.
Kenyans in a border region expressed fear on Wednesday over an influx of Somali regional fighters, pushed over the border following clashes with the central government.
The 11th stage of the Vuelta a Espana cycling race in Spain was shortened on Wednesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated at the finish line in Bilbao, organisers said.
A senior Israeli military official said on Wednesday that authorities estimated that an imminent offensive in the Gaza Strip would displace one million Palestinians, planning a new “humanitarian area” for them.
Russia launched a sweeping overnight air attack on Ukraine, injuring at least four railway workers and prompting Poland to scramble defence aircraft, Ukrainian and Polish authorities said.
A US federal appeals court ruled against US President Donald Trump’s use of a wartime law to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members and blocked its use in some southern states.