Kenyan cult leader goes on trial on terrorism charges over 400 deaths
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie alleged to have incited acolytes to starve to death to ‘meet Jesus’ The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult has...
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Ecowas warns of ‘disintegration’ as juntas split from west African bloc
Breakaway union by military rulers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger exposes growing fissures within the region The Ecowas grouping of west African countries has...
Heatstroke alerts issued across Japan as heatwave leads to four deaths
Average number of heatstroke-related deaths each year has increased six fold since 1995 Japan’s meteorological agency has issued a heatstroke alert for 26 of the...
Alice Munro knew my stepfather sexually abused me as a child, says Nobel laureate’s daughter
Andrea Robin Skinner says her stepfather sexually assaulted her when she was nine, but her mother said she ‘loved him too much’ to leave him...
Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital
Ruling, based on constitutional rights for natural features like Quito’s Machángara River, appealed by government A ruling described by activists as “historic,” a court in...
Australia to strike new funding deal with Papua New Guinea to manage transferred asylum seekers
Exclusive: Government regulations reveal Australia will provide ‘further capability support and funding’ to PNG but dollar figure is confidential Follow our Australia news live blog...
Brazil apologises after three diplomats’ Black teenagers searched at gunpoint
Ministry of foreign affairs forced to say sorry to Canada, Gabon and Burkina Faso embassies after incident Brazil’s ministry of foreign affairs has been forced...
Man who spent 45 years on death row in Japan hopes for chance to clear name
Iwao Hakamada, 88, who spent longer than anyone in the world awaiting execution, awaits murder retrial verdict In the early hours of 30 June 1966...
Tropical Storm Beryl smashes through Caribbean and heads for Texas coast
Earliest category 5 hurricane on record is 495 miles south-east of Corpus Christi, with winds near 60mph Tropical Storm Beryl, which has already smashed its...
Oldest known picture story is a 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting
New dating technique finds painting on island of Sulawesi is 6,000 years older than previous record holder The world’s oldest known picture story is a...
