Oldest cave painting of red claw hand could rewrite human creativity timeline
A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world’s oldest known cave painting, researchers say.
Israel postpones demolition of Palestinian children’s football pitch
An international campaign to save the pitch in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem appears to have forced the authorities to reconsider.
Israel postpones demolition of Palestinian children’s football pitch
An international campaign to save the pitch in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem appears to have forced the authorities to reconsider.
Loved ones of victims reeling after high-speed rail crash in southern Spain
Two deadly crashes in almost as many days have inflicted grief, anger and disruption. Two deadly crashes in almost as many days inflict grief, anger and disruption in Spain.
Israeli PM Netanyahu agrees to join Trump’s Board of Peace
Israel is the latest country to publicly accept an invitation to a new international organisation that many fear may be designed to supplant the UN.
Life sentence for man who killed Japan’s ex-PM Shinzo Abe
Abe’s assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.
Japan restarts world’s largest nuclear plant
Japan restars a reactor at the world’s largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.
Could US Congress stop Trump from taking over Greenland?
Some of the president’s fellow Republicans oppose him – but it’s not clear if they would join Democrats to block a takeover of the island.
Shock and confusion as Spain struggles for answers after deadly train crash
Investigators remain baffled by the cause of Sunday’s deadly crash in the south of the country.
Detained veteran Ugandan opposition figure critically ill in hospital, his party says
Kizza Besigye’s party says his condition is critical, but authorities say he was taken to hospital for a routine check-up.


