‘If you started running, they shot you’ – inside Nigeria’s growing kidnapping crisis
Many communities are living in fear of being kidnapped for ransom as the crisis spreads further south.
Iceland holds knife-edge referendum on EU – and it could be decided on fish
On Saturday, Iceland will vote on EU membership talks, amid economic and geopolitical tensions.
The question dominating Indian politics: Is it worse when women swear?
Rahul Gandhi’s comments renew the debate over gender disparity in reactions to insults hurled at PM Narendra Modi.
US drug agency approves breakthrough treatment for pancreatic cancer
Experts have hailed the drug, daraxonrasib, as a game changer for one of the world’s deadliest cancers.
Parrot eggs hatch after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at South African airport
A 50-year-old Thai suspect was arrested with the eggs in a “homemade incubator” carried as hand luggage.
Trump officials threaten Kennedy Center demolition if court blocks renovations
The justice department has also asked for Trump’s name to be put back on the building after it was removed in June following a court order.
German airport worker dies of malaria after ‘mosquito arrives on plane’
Five other airport workers are also receiving treatment following the rare outbreak at German’s busiest airport.
Guinea’s president dismisses 173 soldiers, including coup ally, for desertion
It is thought to be part of efforts to consolidate the former coup leader’s control.
Door was locked at Pakistan hospital where fire killed 14 babies, witnesses say
A hospital official told the BBC that the door to the ward was not locked, but manned with security guards, to protect the babies.
China advises its citizens to leave Taiwan ally Eswatini over ‘security risks’
Eswatini is one of 12 countries, and the only one in Africa, that has diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
