US regulator approves expansion of COVID vaccine boosters
CDC recommends boosters for some Moderna and Johnson & Johnson shot recipients, clears 'mix and match' booster shots.
How to fight COVID vaccine misinformation?
The pandemic created a toxic legacy of misinformation that has mobilised opposition to vaccinations.
As UK resists COVID measures, experts fear ‘devastating winter’
Scientists say action is urgently needed as the infection rate spirals and virus deaths rise to six-month high.
Will Britain give citizenship rights to all Chagos islanders?
Britain expelled thousands in the late 60s to make way for a US base. Now, their descendants are left in limbo.
Somalia leaders strike deal on long-delayed election process
Somalia was meant to choose a new president this month, but a dispute between president and PM halted the process.
Sir David Amess’s killing: Why MPs’ safety is important
The regular threats to public officials are an attack on democracy.
Eswatini bans protests as tensions flare amid pro-democracy calls
The ban comes as absolute monarchy is gripped by new round of deadly protests calling for democratic reforms.
Schoolchildren storm DRC parliament over striking teachers’ pay
Hundreds of students demand the government raise teachers' pay to end a strike that has put a halt on lessons.
Afghan journalists lament ‘bleak’ future for media under Taliban
New regime forces exodus of journalists from Afghanistan where free press was one of few gains of Western occupation.
‘Worst thing in lifetime’: South Sudan floods affecting 700,000
UN blames South Sudan's worst floods in 60 years imperilling livelihoods of more than 700,000 people on climate change.
Colin Powell: Wise statesman or pawn?
The late US general was an inspiration for immigrants and Black Americans but his role in the Iraq War did great damage.
Thousands of refugees and migrants plead for Libya evacuation
Appeals at Tripoli sit-in come as more than 5,000 people rounded up this month and put in indefinite detention.
Freedom for the ElHiblu3!
The criminalisation of asylum seekers in Europe should concern all of us.
One of last 2 northern white rhinos dropped from breeding project
Fatu, daughter of 32-year-old Najin, is now the only donor left in world-first breeding programme.
Pakistan eases travel restrictions, announces aid for Afghanistan
Pakistan to provide over $28m in immediate humanitarian aid and ease travel and trade restrictions at its land borders.
Seven killed in Rohingya refugee camp attack: Bangladesh police
Police say at least seven people killed in attack on Islamic seminary in refugee camp on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.