Biden announces US-Africa summit for mid-December
US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the United States will bring together leaders from across the African continent for a major summit...
Wildfire rages near Athens as Britain faces aftermath of hottest day
A wildfire fuelled by gale-force winds raged in mountains near Athens on Wednesday, forcing hundreds including hospital patients to evacuate, as Britain counted the...
Dos Santos family demands pardon after Angolan ex-president’s death
The eldest children of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos are demanding an end to criminal cases against them, less than two weeks...
Heat kills 1,000 in Portugal as wildfires burn Europe
Portugal has reported more than 1,000 deaths due to the current heat wave, with the health chief warning on Tuesday that the country must...
Flights diverted from Luton Airport after heatwave melts runways
Flights at Britain's London Luton Airport were temporarily disrupted after soaring temperatures caused a defect in its runway, prompting airlines to divert planes.The chief...
France battles massive wildfires, Britain records highest ever temperature
Firefighters in south-western France battled on Tuesday to contain massive forest wildfires and Britain recorded its highest ever temperature as a heatwave rising from...
9/11 families urge Trump to cancel Saudi tour’s event at his...
Relatives of September 11 victims urged Donald Trump to cancel an LIV Golf tournament scheduled for the end of this month at the former...
Putin visits Iran on first trip outside former Soviet Union since...
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Tehran on Tuesday for talks with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Kremlin leader’s first trip outside...
Russia strikes cities across Ukraine, gas supplies in focus
Russian forces kept up their bombardment of cities across Ukraine, with intense shelling of Sumy in the north, cluster bombs targeting Mykolaiv and a...
China warns of ’forceful measures’ if US House Speaker Pelosi visits...
China’s government warned on Tuesday it would take ’forceful measures’ if US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, after the Financial Times...
