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North Korea’s Kim orders navy to build 10,000-tonne destroyer: State media 

06 June 2026

News|Military North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has ordered his navy to build a 10,000-tonne destroyer and develop secret unde...

Arrests of critics in Ghana provokes alarm over free speech under Mahama 

05 June 2026

Accra, Ghana – Ghana has recorded 14 arrests linked to false news and offensive speech in less than 16 months, nearly ...

Iran war live: US says Iranian drones shot down, radar sites attacked 

05 June 2026

Skip linksSkip to Content Video Duration 05 minutes 23 seconds play-arrow05:23 US-Iran Talks at Risk as Lebanon Tensions...

Trump makes pitch to farmers hard-hit by tariffs, high prices in Wisconsin 

05 June 2026

United States President Donald Trump has sought to reassure farmers hard-hit by tariffs and the economic fallout of the ...

France opens ‘war crimes’ probe into Israel’s treatment of Gaza activists 

05 June 2026

French anti-terrorism prosecutors say they have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected “torture” and “w...

An ice cream parlour survives Gaza’s genocide and gives seven students hope 

05 June 2026

On the coastal road in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, seven university students – four in medicine, two in dentistry, o...

Judge strikes down Trump bar on asylum, visa processing for 39 countries 

05 June 2026

News|Donald Trump A federal judge has struck sweeping restrictions imposed by the administration of US President Donald ...

At least 49 people die of thirst after truck breakdown in Niger desert 

05 June 2026

News|Migration Nigerien authorities say at least 49 people died of thirst in an isolated Sahara desert district in north...

US Senate passes $70bn ICE funding bill: What comes next? 

05 June 2026

The United States Senate has passed a bill long sought by US President Donald Trump to provide an additional $70bn in fu...

Lawsuit challenges US ‘third-country’ deportations to Equatorial Guinea 

05 June 2026

News|Donald Trump An international coalition of lawyers has filed a lawsuit with a top African human rights body seeking...