It was viewed as one of Africa’s most senseless modern wars. The Badme Triangle, 250 desolate square miles of disputed rock and scrub along Ethiopia’s frontier with Eritrea, had no resources and few people. Yet, for this most paltry of prizes, two of the continent’s poorest states expended billions of pounds and as many as…
A man killed by Chicago police had a gun in a holster at his hip and was shot multiple times as he ran away, spun around and reached toward his waist, footage released Sunday from an officer’s body-worn camera shows. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said it’s the quickest he has ever ordered such footage released and that…
Donald Trump has invited Vladimir Putin to Washington for a summit in the autumn amid a fierce backlash over his friendly stance towards Russia. Mr Trump instructed John Bolton, his national security adviser, to make the invitation just days after the two leaders met in Helsinki, where they spent two hours alone with just interpreters….
Donald Trump arrives in the UK on Thursday for his first visit as president, during which he will meet the Queen and Theresa May and visit Scotland. The US President will be delivered by Air Force One, straight from the Nato summit in Brussels, where he made a blistering attack on America’s European allies over levels of…
Syrian state media said on Sunday that Israeli rockets had struck a Syrian military position near Nairab airport on the outskirts of the city of Aleppo. "The Zionist enemy…targets one of our military sites north of Nairab airport," the Syrian state news agency SANA said, quoting a military source. It said the strikes were an attempt…
Rescuers searched Wednesday for scores of villagers left missing when part of a newly built hydroelectric dam broke in southeastern Laos, flooding the surrounding countryside and killing at least 24 people, officials said. Thousands of people lost their homes when the South Korean-built dam gave way on Monday, flooding surrounding villages. Hundreds took shelter in…
Four decades after the end of the Franco dictatorship, Spain’s new government plans to open up more than 1,200 mass graves as part of a state effort to finally examine the dark chapter in the country’s history. The Spanish justice minister, Dolores Delgado, outlined the basis for a ‘truth commission’ to address the legacy of the civil…
South Sudan’s hopes of officially being declared free of Guinea worm have been dashed after an outbreak of the parasitic disease was detected in the centre of the country. Three people in the town of Rumbek have been diagnosed with the disease, the first cases in South Sudan for more than 18 months. Guinea worm…
Authorities in Germany have warned people to exercise caution around the river Elbe after exceptionally low waters exposed grenades and ammunition left over from the Second World War. The current heatwave gripping Europe has reduced the Elbe, one of Germany’s three great rivers, to its lowest level in decades, and walkers exploring its banks have…
Italy’s populist government is rolling back a law that makes vaccinations obligatory for children, pursuing a highly contentious policy that has been strongly criticised by doctors, schools and medical associations. A law passed by the previous centre-Left government in March made it obligatory for parents to give their children 10 vaccinations if they wanted to…