Reuters Cyclone Chido has killed 94 people in Mozambique since it made landfall in the east African country last week, local authorities have said. The country’s National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management (INGD) said 768 people were injured and more than 622,000 people affected by the natural disaster in some capacity. Chido hit Mozambique…
Turkiye’s foreign minister has met with the head of Syria’s new administration, promising help with the political transition and rebuilding the war-torn country after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. In their meeting in Damascus on Sunday, Turkiye’s Hakan Fidan and Syria’s de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa stressed the need for unity and stability…
The suspect in the German Christmas market attack “threatened to do something that would attract international attention” in 2013 and was flagged as a potential threat the following year, according to a state interior minister. Christian Pegel told a press conference the 50-year-old suspect had referred to the Boston Marathon bombings, in which three people…
Southampton held Fulham to a 0-0 draw at Craven Cottage in their first Premier League game since manager Russell Martin’s departure. The hosts controlled large spells of the contest, but the Saints, watched by incoming manager Ivan Juric from the stands, pulled off a resolute defensive display to keep their opponents out on Sunday. The…
At least 28 people, including children, have died in a wave of Israeli military strikes throughout the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency. A school sheltering displaced families was among the facilities struck, killing eight people including four children over the weekend, the agency said. It comes as the UN issues a plea…
Russia accuses Ukraine of ‘massive’ drone attack that hit a luxury apartment block in the city, some 1,000km (620 miles) from the frontier. Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged retaliation after Ukrainian drones struck residential buildings in the city of Kazan in Russia’s Tatarstan region. Putin made the comments via videolink on Sunday while addressing…
The Saudi authorities, I am told, are currently working flat out to collate everything they have on the Magdeburg market suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, and to share it with Germany’s ongoing investigation “in every way possible”. Inside the imposing sand coloured and fortress-like walls of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh there is a…
Dumitru Alaiba discusses Moldova’s divide over EU membership and the challenges of Russian influence in the region. As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, Moldova faces a pivotal choice: deepen ties with Europe or maintain historic connections to Russia. A recent referendum on European Union membership exposed sharp divisions, with a pro-Western mandate passing narrowly. One…
Police in Nigeria say at least 67 people have died after three stampedes within days of each other. On Saturday, 32 people were killed, including at least four children, during Christmas charity events as crowds surged forward while food was being handed out. Of those killed, 22 died in the town of Okija, in the…
Atletico Madrid landed a rather surprising but certainly vital victory for their La Liga title aspirations on Saturday evening, beating rivals Barcelona at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in a most shocking fashion. Barcelona’s first-half domination culminated with Pedri breaking the deadlock in the 30th minute, but Rodrigo De Paul equalized on the hour mark….
