
Wanted activist arrested in South Africa over support for Benin coup plot
Keba Seba is known for opposing French influence in Africa and backing West Africa’s military leaders.
WEDNESDAY, 22 APRIL 2026, 17:12

Keba Seba is known for opposing French influence in Africa and backing West Africa’s military leaders.

At least nine were killed in a school shooting in southern Turkey on Wednesday, a day after another attack injured 16 people at a high school.

Speaking in Melbourne about the harms of social media, alongside the Duke of Sussex, Meghan said she was “bullied” every day for a decade.

The White House says it wants to choke off Iran’s oil export revenue. But experts say that blockades are often unpredictable and difficult to enforce.

Hungarian Americans say Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Hungary provides a blueprint for countering President Trump’s attempts to tilt the electoral playing field ahead of the midterms.

U.S. Central Command says over 100 aircraft and a dozen warships are enforcing a cordon on Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran also restricts passage, stranding the Gulf’s oil and gas.

NPR’s A Martinez asks global energy expert Jason Bordoff about the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, and whether Iran and other Gulf nations can find an energy export workaround.

Russia hammered civilian areas of Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an attack that stretched for hours killing at least 16 people.

Southern Indian leaders urge mass mobilisation over concerns about redrawing electoral boundaries.

The French government is pressing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release the 86-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody in Louisiana after she was detained earlier this month.

The reforms signed by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele would apply to people convicted of committing or being an accomplice to crimes including homicide, femicide, rape and gang membership.

A Shakespeare expert identifies the location and size of the property the playwright bought in1613.

Daniel Duggan was arrested in 2022 over claims he illegally trained the Chinese military in South Africa.

Hundreds have been deployed to find Neukgu, a young wolf that has eluded capture for a week and counting.

Syrian Kurds ran their own region for 12 years after breaking away from Assad control. Now they are forced to give up autonomy. NPR visited the changing region.

The BBC’s chief international correspondent reports from Iran as diplomatic efforts to avoid a return to war intensify.

A week after Israel struck more than 100 times in 10 minutes across Lebanon, killing over 350 people, we spend time with a family still searching for their daughter in the rubble in central Beirut.

President Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo are unprecedented, religious experts told NPR. Here’s how the situation differs from other popes’ political critiques.

The lawsuit said the firm’s practices had led to higher ticket prices and worse service for customers.

BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the world’s second-largest economy fits into the Gulf conflict.

The moment you board, the music grabs you. These privately owned, brightly painted minibuses are moving canvases, mobile sound systems — rolling declarations of what young Nairobi finds cool.