Japan’s Nikkei 225 soars 10% and other world markets are mixed after the week’s rollercoaster start

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Israel set up facilities dedicated to torturing Palestinians: Rights group

Testimonies from 55 ex-Palestinian detainees reveal that more than a dozen Israeli prison camps set up after October 7 are dedicated to the abuse of those in custody, a report…

Is a sub-Saharan ‘African Spring’ in the offing?

Kenyan President William Ruto, who won the August 2022 presidential election on a promise to lower the cost of living within 100 days, has failed to address economic hardships in Kenya – and…

Australian state orders public servants to stop remote working after a newspaper campaign against it

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Venezuela launches probe against opposition leaders Gonzalez, Machado

Opposition leader and presidential candidate face an investigation over their appeal to the army and the police ‘to take the side of the people’. A criminal investigation has been launched…

Bangladesh protesters want Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead government

Key organisers of Bangladesh’s student protests have said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus should head an interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country.…

Ledecky seals GOAT status, USA break world record in Olympic swimming pool

Already rated one of swimming’s all-time greats coming into the Paris Olympics, Katie Ledecky made it official by storming to victory in her signature event, the 800-metre freestyle,  to end…

US candidate Jill Stein considering vocal Palestine advocates for VP spot

United States Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is considering three Palestinian rights advocates, including two Arab Americans, to be her running mate in the elections, her campaign has confirmed.…

What is fuelling protests and a violent crackdown in Nigeria?

Inside Story Demonstrators killed by police and millions put under curfew. In Nigeria, people have been shot dead by police and hundreds arrested for protesting against the government’s economic policies.…

Venezuela opposition leader joins protests against election results

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has emerged from hiding to join her supporters protesting in the streets of Caracas against contested national election results, as demonstrators marched across the…