Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa
Police say motive for killing of Hendricks, who ran a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s “first...
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Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire
Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC city Hundreds of women were raped and burned...
Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid
The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid...
Uncharted territory for the WHO if Trump withdraws US membership
WHO is ‘critical in protecting US business interests’, says CEO of firm that may see lean years if Trump carries out vow The World Health...
‘All hands on deck’: Bird flu in US poultry puts state cooperation to the test
Unusually late migration season means poultry operations may continue to see H5N1 outbreaks, officials say Maryland has detected bird flu among three different commercial poultry...
More than a million Haitians forced from their homes amid gang violence
UN agency says more than half of the displaced people are children, as gang attacks see upswing in Port-au-Prince More than 1 million people have...
Malawi sees influx of refugees from post-election violence in Mozambique
Marauding gangs and political unrest since October’s polls have driven thousands of Mozambicans across the border into Malawi, despite its drought, food and fuel shortages...
UK cut health aid to vulnerable nations while hiring their nurses, research finds
Royal College of Nursing says Labour has a duty to fix health ‘double whammy’ by raising aid and funding for UK nursing The UK cut...
Ecuador confirms incinerated bodies belong to missing ‘Guayaquil Four’ boys
Sixteen air force personnel who apprehended boys being held in custody as inquiry into deaths continues Ecuador’s attorney general’s office has confirmed that incinerated bodies...
Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency after weekend of violence
A spate of murders has taken the Caribbean nation’s total to 623 in 2024, of which nearly half were gang related and almost all linked...
