Africa & rest of the world

Africa & rest of the world

Australian man shot dead in Bali

An Australian man was shot dead and another one was wounded in a shooting at their villa on the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali early Saturday, according to police who were hunting for two suspects.

1d ago

Australia ‘confident’ in US nuclear sub deal despite review

Australia said yesterday it is “very confident” in the future of a US agreement to equip its navy with a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, after the Trump administration put the pact under review.

3d ago

10 killed in Austrian school shooting

A gunman killed at least nine people at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz yesterday, in the worst school shooting in the country’s modern history.

5d ago

S Africa re-opens inquiry into deaths of apartheid-era activists

A South African court yesterday opened an inquest into the murders 40 years ago of four anti-apartheid activists by a police hit squad in one of the most notorious atrocities of the apartheid era.

1w ago

Record floods devastate eastern Australia

Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and separating 50,000 people from help.

3w ago

Polio outbreak declared in PNG

A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease’s spread in a country with low vaccination rates, health officials said.

1m ago

Drone strike targets port Sudan navy base

A drone strike targeted Sudan's biggest naval base yesterday, an army source told AFP, marking the fourth straight day the seat of the army-backed government has come under attack.

1m ago

Australian PM basks in win, vows 'orderly' government

Australia's left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese basked Sunday in his landslide election win, promising a "disciplined, orderly" government to confront cost-of-living pain and tariff turmoil

1m ago

Australian man shot dead in Bali

An Australian man was shot dead and another one was wounded in a shooting at their villa on the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali early Saturday, according to police who were hunting for two suspects.

1d ago

Australia ‘confident’ in US nuclear sub deal despite review

Australia said yesterday it is “very confident” in the future of a US agreement to equip its navy with a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, after the Trump administration put the pact under review.

3d ago

10 killed in Austrian school shooting

A gunman killed at least nine people at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz yesterday, in the worst school shooting in the country’s modern history.

5d ago

S Africa re-opens inquiry into deaths of apartheid-era activists

A South African court yesterday opened an inquest into the murders 40 years ago of four anti-apartheid activists by a police hit squad in one of the most notorious atrocities of the apartheid era.

1w ago

Record floods devastate eastern Australia

Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and separating 50,000 people from help.

3w ago

Polio outbreak declared in PNG

A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease’s spread in a country with low vaccination rates, health officials said.

1m ago

Drone strike targets port Sudan navy base

A drone strike targeted Sudan's biggest naval base yesterday, an army source told AFP, marking the fourth straight day the seat of the army-backed government has come under attack.

1m ago

Australian PM basks in win, vows 'orderly' government

Australia's left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese basked Sunday in his landslide election win, promising a "disciplined, orderly" government to confront cost-of-living pain and tariff turmoil

1m ago

Riding anti-Trump wave, Aussie PM retains power

Australia’s Anthony Albanese claimed a historic second term as prime minister yesterday in a dramatic comeback against once-resurgent conservatives that was powered by voters’ concerns about the influence of US President Donald Trump.

1m ago

Australians vote in election swayed by inflation, Trump

Millions of Australians voted Saturday in a bitterly contested general election, following a campaign shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and US President Donald Trump's tariffs

1m ago