KYRGYZSTAN JAILS TWO JOURNALISTS FOR FIVE YEARS OVER ALLEGED INCITEMENT
A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced two cameramen from the independent investigative outlet Kloop to five years in prison on charges of attempting to incite...
WORLD NUMBER ONE SABALENKA OUT OF CHINA OPEN WITH INJURY
World number one Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday pulled out of next week’s China Open with an injury suffered on the way to winning her fourth...
UK INFLATION STABLE AHEAD OF CENTRAL BANK RATE CALL
British inflation was unchanged in August, official data showed Wednesday, fuelling expectations that the Bank of England will not cut interest rates again at its...
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Iranian authorities hanged a man on Wednesday after convicting him of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency since 2022, the judiciary said. “Babak Shahbazi… was...
GUNMEN KILL 22 DURING BAPTISM CEREMONY IN NIGER
Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead 22 villagers in western Niger, most attending a baptism ceremony, local media and other sources said Tuesday. The shootings happened...
OVER 10,000 CHILDREN NEED MALNUTRITION TREATMENT IN GAZA – UNICEF
More than 10,000 children need treatment for acute malnutrition in Gaza City, where the Israeli army launched a major ground offensive on Tuesday, the United...
TRIBUNAL SAYS DOCTOR WHO LEFT SURGERY TO ‘MAKE LOVE’ CAN CONTINUE PRACTISING
A doctor who abandoned a patient mid-surgery to have sex with a nurse is at “very low risk” of repeating such misconduct, a medical tribunal...
BARCA TO STAY AT JOHAN CRUYFF SATDIUM FOR GETAFE CLASH
Barcelona will host Getafe in La Liga at their tiny Johan Cruyff training ground stadium on Sunday as they work to obtain permits to reopen...
ROBERT REDFORD DEAD AT 89
US film legend Robert Redford died on Tuesday aged 89. He was one of the most successful stars of his generation as well as an...
JAPAN POLITICAL PARTY TO INSTALL AI LEADER
A nascent Japanese political party announced on Tuesday its intention to appoint an artificial intelligence as its leader following the unexpected resignation of its unconventional...