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Namibia marks inaugural Genocide Remembrance Day with call for reparations 

28 May 2025

Namibia has held its first Genocide Remembrance Day to commemorate tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people killed by...

Wheat shipment arrives in Syria as EU passes legislation to lift sanctions 

28 May 2025

A vessel carrying 28,500 tonnes of wheat has docked at the Syrian port of Tartous, marking one of the first major trade ...

US to penalise foreign officials who ‘censor’ US companies, citizens 

28 May 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the US will place new visa restrictions on foreign officials who “censor” Am...

Sudan’s aid workers fear crackdown under strict new army rules 

28 May 2025

Aid workers and activists are fearful that new regulations announced by Sudan’s army-backed government will lead to a ...

What are Germany’s Taurus missiles that Ukraine wants? 

28 May 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held talks with Germany’s Friedrich Merz in Berlin, days after the newly i...

‘Tidal wave’: How 75 nations face Chinese debt crisis in 2025 

28 May 2025

Many of the world’s poorest countries are due to make record debt repayments to China in 2025 on loans extended a deca...

French surgeon sentenced to 20 years for sex abuse of nearly 300 people 

28 May 2025

A French court has sentenced a retired surgeon to 20 years in prison for raping or sexually abusing nearly 300 victims, ...

Boat capsizes on arrival at Spain’s Canary Islands; seven women, girls die 

28 May 2025

News|Migration Four women and three girls have died when a small boat carrying dozens of refugees and migrants capsized ...

German court rejects Peruvian farmer’s climate case against RWE 

28 May 2025

A German court has thrown out a Peruvian farmer’s lawsuit seeking damages from RWE for the German energy utility’s a...

US pauses new student visas: What it means and who it will affect 

28 May 2025

United States President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered its embassies abroad to stop scheduling new visa int...