WORLD

EU leaders are to meet for an emergency summit in Brussels to decide whether to offer the UK another delay to Brexit. Prime Minister Theresa May wants to postpone the date the UK leaves the EU beyond this Friday, until 30 June. But…
Read More...

At least 2,800 people have fled from the fighting near Libya’s capital, Tripoli, according to the UN. Other civilians are trapped by the clashes and are cut off from vital emergency services, it says. Forces under Gen Khalifa Haftar…
Read More...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has boasted about the size of his penis, claiming he is ‘highly-equipped’, during a campaign rally. During the speech, held at the Puerto Princesa City Coliseum in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Duterte said…
Read More...

One in 10 straight Japanese men are 40-year-old virgins, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Tokyo claim their study’s findings are partly linked to socioeconomic issues. “Although the discussion around cause and…
Read More...

An American tourist and her guide who were abducted in Uganda last week were released after a “negotiated settlement” was reached with the kidnappers, the firm that organized her safari told Reuters on Monday. Amid fears the incident…
Read More...

A Kenyan woman who gave birth to quintuplets prematurely about a month ago has died. Everline Namukhula had been told by some elders in her ethnic community to kill three of the five newborns as they were a “misfortune”, but she did not…
Read More...

Nigeria’s government has ordered foreign nationals to leave mining sites in north-western Zamfara state within 48 hours, blaming them for an upsurge in banditry and kidnappings. It also announced a suspension of mining activities in…
Read More...

The US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, who enforced some of President Trump’s controversial border policies, has resigned. Ms Nielsen called it “an honour of a lifetime” to work in the department. President Trump…
Read More...

Commemorations have begun in Rwanda to mark the 25th anniversary of the genocide that killed about a tenth of the population. The country will mourn for 100 days, the time it took in 1994 for 800,000 Rwandans to be massacred. Most were…
Read More...

The Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last month nosedived several times before it hit the ground, a preliminary report has said. Pilots “repeatedly” followed procedures recommended by Boeing before the crash, according to the first…
Read More...