Category: 4. World

Global concern is once again shifting to South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation.

The flare-up of a long-simmering conflict in the East African country has claimed thousands of lives. It has also displaced some 2.3 million people and pushed…

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s senate has stripped former President Joseph Kabila of his immunity, paving the way for his prosecution over his alleged backing of rebels in the east.

Authorities have accused him of treason and war crimes,…

The price of Japanese-grown rice is soaring due to high inflation, low farm yields and a growing tourism sector.

Japan is facing a “rice crisis” as the price of its favourite staple food has nearly doubled over the past year amid rising…

The strike, which occurred on May 13, targeted an underground tunnel where senior Hamas officials had convened, breaching the group’s usual security protocols.

The meeting’s location beneath the Gaza European Hospital provided the IDF with an…

A Royal Bengal tiger was killed and dismembered by a mob in India’s north eastern state of Assam, a forest official has said.

Angry residents from a village in the Golaghat district reportedly took the step because the tiger had killed livestock…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is seeking to arrest those responsible for the failed launch of its second naval destroyer, as it denied the warship suffered major damage — a claim quickly met…

Incessant rain over the past three days has unleashed massive floods in eastern Australia, inundating streets, cutting off entire towns and destroying homes.  

Parts of New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, have been the worst hit…