UN Security Council sets vote on tougher North Korea sanctions
Vote was called by the US after Pyongyang launched three missiles in the space of an hour on Wednesday morning.
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Sri Lanka PM trying to fast-track IMF talks
The PM is seeking $4bn from the IMF, China and Japan to pay for food and fuel even as he slashes budget to 'bare bones'.
Refugees freed on six-month Australian visas live ‘life in limbo’
Refugees who arrived by boat years ago are supposed to make plans to leave but most have nowhere to go.
‘Everyday life now’: Sydney reels from organised crime turf war
Police swoop on drug gangs in Australia's biggest city but lawyers fear changes to law leave minorities vulnerable.
The 21 lives lost in Texas school shooting
Relatives and friends pay tribute to 19 children and two teachers killed in deadliest US school shooting in a decade.
Gambian government says it will prosecute exiled ex-ruler Jammeh
Yahya Jammeh has been accused of murder, rape, torture and other alleged crimes committed in his more than 20-year rule.
US stocks rally as Fed minutes meet expectations
Investors fear that overly aggressive interest rate hikes by the Fed could tip the economy into recession.
Ukraine-Russia live news: Dozens of Donbas towns shelled – Kyiv
Russian attacks destroy civilian areas as Moscow threatens to shut off the last main escape route for evacuees.
Pfizer to offer low-cost drugs to 45 lower-income nations
US pharmaceutical giant says it will sell patented drugs on a not-for-profit basis to world's poorest countries.
Russia fast-tracks citizenship to residents in southern Ukraine
Putin signs decree accelerating process for residents in southern regions to acquire Russian passports and citizenship.
Al Jazeera demands Reuters retracts ‘editorial error’
Reuters attributed mistranslation of Qatar foreign minister comments to Al Jazeera, which was not the original source.
Echoes of Sandy Hook massacre in Texas primary school shooting
Victims of the 2012 attack that killed 20 children and six adults condemn lack of progress on gun control.
What is the United States ‘gun lobby’ and how powerful is it?
President Joe Biden has called on legislators to 'stand up' to the gun lobby following massacre at Texas primary school.
South Africa: No need for mass monkeypox immunisation – experts
The African continent has not recently recorded any confirmed or suspected cases of monkeypox, unlike Europe and the US.
Oil-rich Niger Delta still ‘land of misery’: Goldman Prize winner
Chima Williams was recognised for his role in helping oil communities win a 13-year-old case against Shell at The Hague.
India sentences Kashmir rebel Yasin Malik to life imprisonment
A court in New Delhi sentences the top Kashmiri pro-freedom leader to life term in 'terrorism' funding case.
AU chairperson says Africa a ‘collateral victim’ of Ukraine war
Millions of Africans have been pushed into extreme poverty by COVID and face rising costs because of the Ukraine war.
George Floyd two years on: some accountability but killings go on
Minneapolis officers prosecuted, local reforms adopted in some states, but national overhaul of policing falls short.
Infographic: Mass shootings in the US over the past 10 years
The killing of 19 children at a school in Texas is the latest in a years-long series of mass shootings in the US.
‘I’ve had enough’: Steve Kerr makes impassioned gun control plea
Golden State Warriors head coach calls for urgent action after school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.