Checkmate for Russia as global chess ban upheld
BUDAPEST – Russia’s chess team is to remain banned from international competitions, officials have ruled.
In a dramatic move, an International Chess Federation (Fide) general...
Israel – Hezbollah conflict: UN warns of ‘catastrophe’
TEL AVIV – Israel and Hezbollah both threatened to increase their cross-border attacks on Sunday, amid international appeals for them to step back from...
Four dead and 18 hurt in Alabama mass shooting
WASHINGTON – At least four people have been killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, police say.
“Multiple shooters fired multiple...
Left-leaning leader wins Sri Lanka poll in political paradigm shift
COLOMBO – Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting.
No candidate won more than...
One dead and several missing after Japan rains
TOKYO – One person has died and seven others are missing, officials said, after "unprecedented" rains caused floods and landslides in the coastal quake-hit...
Floods force Niger to delay new school year
NIAMEY – Schools in Niger will start the new academic year almost a month late because of heavy rainfall and flooding, says the military...
US soldier who fled to NoKor sentenced for desertion
WASHINGTON – Travis King, the US soldier who fled from South to North Korea last year before being returned home, has been sentenced to...
Starvation in war-hit Sudan ‘almost everywhere’ – WHO
KHARTOUM – Starvation in war-stricken Sudan "is almost everywhere", the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has told the BBC's Today programme after...
Floods, mudslides kill more than 200 in Myanmar
NAYPYIDAW – The number of people in Myanmar who have died in the wake of Typhoon Yagi rose to more than 220, with nearly...
Drought leaves Amazon basin rivers at all-time low
BRASILIA – Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the...