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At least 50 people have died after a fire swept through the coronavirus ward at an Iraqi hospital. Dozens of people were injured in the blaze at al Hussein Teaching Hospital in the southern city of Nasiryah. Iraqi health officials said that all of the dead suffered severe burns and a number of survivors were

Six people have been killed and 219 arrested amid an escalation of rioting in Johannesburg which broke out after the imprisonment of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma. Shops and businesses have been looted and vandalised and burning vehicles and debris left across roads. The violence was triggered last week when Zuma began serving a

You could have heard a pin drop in Rome’s fan zone as that last penalty was taken. Italy’s goalkeeper saved it and not only did the hundreds staring at the big screen go wild but so did the rest of the Italian capital and the country. People were simply ecstatic, celebrating a win they had

There are growing calls for the government to reverse its plan to slash foreign aid spending, with Bill and Melinda Gates’s organisation among those announcing it will step in to fill the gap. Labour and the Archbishop of Canterbury intensified their demands for the policy to be changed, saying the move by a consortium of

The wife of the assassinated Haitian president Jovenel Moise has spoken for the first time since she survived the attack that killed him. Martine Moise, 47, was seriously injured in the raid on the couple’s home in Port-au-Prince in the early hours of Wednesday and was flown to Florida for treatment. Her husband was found

Anyone over the age of 12 who travels to Malta after Tuesday must present a proof of full vaccination before they will be allowed into the country. Authorities will require a recognised COVID-19 vaccination certificate, such as the type issued by Malta, the European Union or the United Kingdom’s NHS. Children aged between five and

The US and Colombia are sending troops to Haiti following the assassination of its president by a group of suspected mercenaries from the two nations. FBI officials will travel to the Caribbean island alongside members of the Department of Homeland Security to see how best they can assist in the aftermath of Jovenel Moise’s death,

Climate change reporting isn’t normally like this. When you write about rising sea levels and intensifying cyclones, you don’t expect to end up in a brothel, talking about human trafficking. You don’t think you’d hear a story about a graveyard for sex workers getting washed away. Image: The strip of land that Banishanta is built

A US citizen is believed to be among six people detained over the assassination of Haiti’s president, according to reports. Jovenel Moise died at his home in Port-au-Prince, the capital of the impoverished Caribbean island, in the early hours of Wednesday. Officials have said the attack was carried out by “a highly trained and heavily

In the inky darkness, a line of men slowly wade through knee-deep water. Carefully, they climb over the fallen trees blocking the route. Headlamps are the only lights illuminating the obstacles ahead. “The Burma army is reinforcing this road so we are finding another way through,” a Texan voice quietly explains. The voice belongs to

Police in Haiti say they have killed four of the “mercenaries” who assassinated the country’s president, Jovenel Moise. He was killed at his home in Port-au-Prince, the capital of the impoverished Caribbean island, in the early hours of Wednesday. His wife was flown to hospital in Miami in a serious but stable condition, according to

Joe Biden has condemned the “heinous” assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise and the wounding of his wife Martine at their home. The US president called the attack “worrisome” and said his administration needed more information on what happened. “We condemn this heinous attack and I am sending my sincere wishes for First Lady Moise’s

Six secondary school pupils and a teacher are among nine people arrested over an alleged bomb plot in Hong Kong. The pupils were trying to make an explosive called triacetone triperoxide (TATP) in a homemade laboratory in a hostel, police said. They allegedly planned to use the substance to bomb court rooms, cross-harbour tunnels and

Denmark’s performance at Euro 2020 may have been boosted in the wake of Christian Eriksen’s dramatic collapse on the pitch – and they could now be inspired to beat England in tonight’s semi-final clash, a top psychologist has said. Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest during the Danish team’s opening match of the tournament, with his

A plane with 28 people on board has gone missing in Russia’s Far East region, local officials have said. An An-26 plane with 22 passengers and six crew flying from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the village of Palana missed a scheduled communication, local emergency officials said. According to the local transport ministry, it also

A stream of politicians, ambassadors, world leaders and business people file in and out of former Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s home in Kabul. The views and guidance of the charismatic, first popularly-elected leader of Afghanistan are still much sought after. And right now, he is one of the most vocal critics of the American policy