A wave of resignations has swept through Spain’s political class amid growing scrutiny over falsified academic credentials, affecting figures across the political spectrum and prompting calls for greater transparency. The controversy began... Read more »
US President Donald Trump has told Axios’s journalist Barak David that he is working on a plan “to get people fed” in Gaza. “We want to help people. We want to help... Read more »
David Grossman, an award-winning Israeli novelist, has said Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to a “genocide”, a term he said he is using with “immense pain and a broken heart”. “For many... Read more »
Authorities in Brazil have launched an investigation after a 20-year-old woman died suddenly while travelling on a long-distance bus, with dozens of iPhones later discovered glued to her body. According to Dailymail,... Read more »
A Nigerian based in the United Kingdom, Elvis Nosakhare, has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for sexually assaulting the underage daughter of his girlfriend. Akelicious learnt from a statement obtained from the... Read more »
Canada plans to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, a major policy shift that drew an angry response from US President... Read more »
Protests have erupted in several cities across Côte d’Ivoire following President Alassane Ouattara’s formal declaration of his intention to seek a fourth term in the country’s upcoming presidential election scheduled for October... Read more »
The United Arab Emirates has begun construction on a major pipeline to carry desalinated water from Egypt to southern Gaza, according to multiple sources. Technical teams sent by the UAE have started... Read more »
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that imports from India will face 25 per cent tariffs, while also announcing an unspecified “penalty” over New Delhi’s purchases of Russian weapons and energy.... Read more »
Australia will use landmark social media laws to ban children under 16 from video-streaming site YouTube, a top minister said Wednesday, stressing the need to shield them from “predatory algorithms”. Communications Minister,... Read more »
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) high across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii... Read more »
Yair Lapid, leader of the opposition and former prime minister, has criticised the government’s handling of the Gaza conflict saying it led Israel from a “just war” to a “political disaster”. In... Read more »
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy declared that the conditions the UK government set on Israel over recognition of Palestinian statehood are an attempt to “affect the situation on the ground” in Gaza.... Read more »
The United States has issued a warning to Nigerian nationals who intend to travel primarily to deliver babies on American soil in hopes of securing U.S. citizenship for their children. The U.S.... Read more »
South African woman shot d3ad by gunmen 6 months after she received two bullets and threat letter with message: “Stay away from my man. Your days are numbered” A 32-year-old South African... Read more »
Donald Trump’s promise to carry out the largest deportation operation in US history has appalled some Americans. But others are cashing in on the boom in demand for private detention centres. Migrants... Read more »
A strong blast early Saturday damaged an apartment building in a suburb of Greece’s second city Thessaloniki, wounding two passersby and shattering windows of nearby buildings. Six cars were also damaged in... Read more »
Russia struck several regions of Ukraine overnight, officials said Saturday, reporting one person killed in Dnipro, while Moscow said two people died after a Ukrainian drone attack in the Rostov region. Dnipro... Read more »
More than 220 British MPs, including dozens from the ruling Labour party, demanded on Friday that the UK government formally recognise a Palestinian state, further increasing pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer.... Read more »
Lukkana Namprakhon and her six-year-old daughter, Sunisa Chanprakhon, are among the tens of thousands of Thais who have evacuated from the border areas. They spent 30 minutes in a bunker before fleeing... Read more »