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UK minister warns against no-deal Brexit ‘suicide’
Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt has warned that his party will be committing "political suicide" if it tries to push through a no-deal Brexit.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the move to no-deal would result in a general…
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Child among three other dead in Japan knife attack
A knife-wielding man has attacked a group of schoolchildren waiting for a bus in a Japanese city near Tokyo.
At least 18 people were injured on a residential street in Kawasaki. Two of them, a 12-year-old girl and a 39-year-old man, are…
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Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder, faces 17 new charges in US
The US justice department has filed 17 new charges against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is facing extradition from the UK.
The latest charges accuse him of receiving and unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources.…
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Botswana lifts ban on elephant hunting
Botswana has lifted a ban on elephant hunting, citing growing conflict between humans and the animals, which at times destroy crops.
Critics of the ban, imposed in 2014, say the restriction was causing problems to small farmers and to…
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Ugandan capital Kampala bans giving money to street children
Uganda’s capital Kampala has passed a law to ban giving money or food to children living on the streets.
Kampala’s Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, said the law aimed to curb the commercial and sexual exploitation of children.
According to…
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Brexit failure forces Theresa May to resign as UK prime minister
Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister for the UK.
In an emotional statement in Downing St, she said she had “done my best” to honour the 2016 EU…
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Kenyan author and gay rights activist Binyavanga Wainaina dies
Prize-winning Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina has died after a short illness at the age of 48.
He won the Caine Prize for African writing in 2002 and was best known around the world for his satirical essay How to Write About Africa.…
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Tanzanian women ‘fined for giving birth at home’
Pregnant women in northwest Tanzania who do not give birth in health facilities are being fined between $9 (£7) and $22 (£17), privately-owned newspaper The Citizen reports.
The paper says the women are forced to pay the fine when they…
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Indonesia post-election protests leave six dead
Six people have been killed and 200 injured during mass rallies against the re-election of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, said Jakarta’s governor.
Police said they could not confirm the figure but said they had received information…
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Ghanaian Uber driver in US charged with kidnap of three women
A former part-time instructor in Pitt’s School of Computing and Information who was charged with holding two women in his car against their will on May 11 is now charged with kidnapping a third woman on the same night.
Richard…
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