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.

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.

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.

The mayor of Chicago has signed an executive order seeking to protect residents against a possible decision by US President Donald Trump’s administration to deploy federal troops to the city.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin flanked Xi Jinping at a massive parade in Beijing, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against the West.

Israel intensified its military build-up on Tuesday as reservists began responding to call-up orders ahead of a planned offensive to capture Gaza City, nearly two years into a devastating war.

A “devastating” landslide has wiped out an entire village in the Marra Mountains in Sudan’s west, according to the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army. Only one person is said to have survived the catastrophe.

Tears streamed down the faces of some of the hundreds of people gathered in a synagogue in Johannesburg as Or Levy described his release after 491 days as a hostage of Hamas.

Belgium will recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prevot has announced.

In a show of solidarity with the aggressors in Europe’s worst war in 80 years, China’s Xi Jinping will convene with his Russian and North Korean counterparts for the first time as Donald Trump and other Western leaders watch from afar.

A gunman on the run in the bush in Australia after being accused of killing two officers was being aided by locals, police said, as the manhunt entered its seventh day.

Ethiopia’s record of detaining journalists and attempts to control the media has caused concern as the country prepares for high-stakes election in 2026. Rights groups warn of a growing crackdown.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a suspect had been arrested in the shooting of former speaker of parliament Andriy Parubiy, and had given an initial statement to investigators.