WORLD

The UK tolerated "inexcusable" treatment of US detainees after the 9/11 attacks, MPs have found. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) said it was "beyond doubt" the UK knew the US mistreated detainees. The UK continued to…
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The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Trump administration's travel ban targeting people from several Muslim-majority countries. Lower courts had deemed the ban unconstitutional, but the US top court has reversed this decision in…
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Thailand's deputy PM has said he is optimistic a group of young footballers trapped inside a cave are still alive, as the search enters a third day. The boys, aged between 11 and 16, and their coach entered the cave in Chiang Rai province…
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Pressure has been building on the Nelson Mandela Foundation to withdraw an invitation to former US President Barack Obama who is scheduled to travel to South Africa next month to deliver the NGO's annual lecture, which this year marks the…
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The UK's Guardian newspaper report that six albino candidates will run for office next year in Malawi's general election. "We want to show the public that we are more than our skin," Overstone Kondowe, director of the Association of…
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Neither President Emmerson Mnangagwa nor main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa have showed up to honour today's peace pledge - both have sent representatives instead. Some at the meeting here in the capital, Harare, are…
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A US border security chief says he has temporarily stopped launching criminal prosecutions of migrants who illegally enter the country with children. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan told reporters in Texas…
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Rescue divers are searching for 12 members of a youth football team thought to be trapped in a cave in northern Thailand. Authorities believe the boys, aged between 11 and 16, and their coach entered the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang…
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A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended from leading public mass for a year because he rapped during sermons, his superior has told me. Father Paul Ogallo, who was nicknamed "Sweet Paul", had to choose between being a rapper and a…
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A man in Kenya has admitted to killing more than 1,000 cats since 2012, and selling their meat to samosa-makers, local media reports. Angry residents assaulted the middle-aged man after catching him skinning a slaughtered cat in an open…
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