New Zealand loosens visitor visa rules to welcome digital nomads
New Zealand will introduce looser visa rules to allow holiday makers to work remotely while visiting the country, to boost its tourism...
Donald Trump admin puts Colombia tariff and sanctions threat on hold after deportations deal
The United States and Colombia narrowly averted a trade war on Sunday after the White House announced that the latter had agreed to...
US freezes majority of foreign aid programs
The U.S. State Department has imposed an immediate freeze on almost all foreign assistance programs worldwide, just days after President Donald Trump...
Hannah Tetteh appointed United Nations Special Representative for Libya
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hannah Serwaa Tetteh, has been named the United Nations Special Representative for Libya and...
8 people killed, 7 injured in ordnance factory explosion in western India
At least eight people died and seven more were injured in a blast at an ordnance factory in the western Indian state...
[UNICEF] 242m children’s schooling disrupted by climate shocks in 2024
Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year — roughly one in seven students, the...
Deadly teen knife crisis UK’s ‘new normal’
Recruited at the age of eight by a drugs gang, Rhys was part of Britain's violent knife crime "crisis" until his best...
Witchcraft, fortune-tellers face government crackdown in Tajikistan, Dushanbe
In a block of flats in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, a turbaned woman cautiously opened the door of her apartment a chink, letting...
Russia says it ward off massive Ukrainian drone attack on 13 regions including Moscow
Russian air defences repelled a massive Ukrainian drone attack overnight, intercepting and destroying 121 drones targeting 13 regions, including Moscow, Russia's Defence...
[Donald Trump] US officers arrests, deports hundreds of ‘illegal immigrants’
US authorities arrested 538 migrants and deported hundreds in a mass operation just days into President Donald Trump's second administration, his press...