Watch: Colombia’s President accuses Trump of “act of tyranny” in BBC interview US airstrikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea are an “act of tyranny”, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro told the BBC in an interview where he also called for criminal proceedings against US officials if investigations find Colombians were killed in the…
Better animal waste management and local intelligence can slow the smuggling and manufacture of explosives by violent extremists. Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in particular landmines, and boost their ignition. These landmines are similar to conventional antipersonnel landmines – not in their shape and composition – but…
We mourn our fallen colleagues, we recognise the trauma carried by victim journalists and we send our heartfelt solidarity to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), whose members continue to report in fear and grief. What we are seeing is not one kind of harm but a systematic pattern of violation with few parallels in recent…
Amman — “The escalating military offensive in Gaza City is having devastating consequences for over 450,000 children, already traumatized and exhausted by nearly two years of unrelenting war. They are teetering on the edge of survival as both famine and deadly violence spread. “UNICEF is warning of an impending catastrophe as the military operation expands….
Attacks on schools in conflict zones around the world have increased by a “staggering 44 per cent” over the past year according to the United Nations, resulting in the death, abduction and trauma of thousands of teachers and students. Over 41,000 incidents of violence against school-age children were reported by the UN in 2024. Countries…
Poland said Wednesday it had downed drones that entered its airspace during Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a post on X that, “Last night the Polish airspace was violated by a huge number of Russian drones. Those drones that posed a direct threat were shot down. I am in constant…
The rate of banking sector-related contact crimes such as branch-before-deposit and ATM-after-withdrawal robberies are in sharp decline as criminals find higher rates of success through digital means to defraud people. According to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre’s (Sabric’s) Annual Crime Statistics 2024 report, robberies dropped 35% year on year in 2024, with associated…
Israel’s military has stepped up attacks on Gaza City as part of its expanded operations aimed at seizing the last major population centre in the enclave, forcing tens of thousands of starving Palestinians to flee again. The Gaza City neighbourhoods of Zeitoun, Sabra, Remal and Tuffah have particularly borne the brunt of the Israeli bombardments…
Thousands of residents have fled Gaza City’s southern Zeitoun neighbourhood, where days of continuous Israeli bombardment have created a “catastrophic” situation, the city’s Hamas-run municipality has told the BBC. At least 40 people were killed by Israeli attacks across the territory on Saturday, Gaza’s civil defence agency said. The Israeli military said it would begin…
US President Donald Trump Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is already facing an uphill battle in turning around the ailing chip maker. Now US President Donald Trump’s demand that Tan resign over his ties to Chinese firms will only distract him from that task, two investors and a former senior employee said. Trump said on Thursday…
