Trump emerges from the shutdown having made little in the way of substantive concessions to Democrats in Congress.
US calls for international action to cut weapons supply to Sudan paramilitaries
“They’re committing acts of sexual violence and atrocities,” says the US secretary of state, “and it needs to end immediately”.
South Sudan leader sacks powerful Vice-President Bol Mel
Bol Mel, who is sanctioned by the US for alleged corruption, had been tipped as Kiir’s successor.
French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at centre of diplomatic crisis
Almost a year to the day after Boualem Sansal was arrested, the Algerian president grants him a pardon.
Drugs disguised as tea keep washing up on this S Korean holiday island
Some 28kg of ketamine have been found washed up on the island’s beaches in the past two months.
Russia’s attacks have ramped up – Ukraine is fighting to hold on through another winter
Years of conflict have taken their toll and the war of attrition is continuing on the homefront – but Ukrainians are fighting back hard by trying to keep morale high
I can’t take any more of this, Andrew told Epstein, released emails show
The former prince’s reaction when he heard about a newspaper inquiry was among more than 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate, including some mentioning Trump.
The fallout from Nigeria’s spectacular $25m museum and the Benin Bronzes
Nigeria’s stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) finds itself in the crosshairs of local power politics.
France wary of enemy that never went away, 10 years after Bataclan attacks
As France marks 10 years since the Paris attacks, an ex-girlfriend of a jihadist survivor is arrested for an alleged plot of her own.
The case for and against counting castes in India
A provocative new book warns that counting castes may entrench them further instead of dismantling the system.
