Author: Ward Simonds

The US has finalised an agreement that will allow Qatar to build an air force facility in Idaho, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced. […]

This Nobel Prize win for Maria Corina Machado is being hugely welcomed by the opposition in Venezuela. The hope is it will draw renewed international […]

Burkina Faso’s military government has refused to take in deportees from the US as Washington suspended issuing visas in the West African nation. Minister of […]

Sammy AwamiBBC Africa, Antananarivo Sammy Awami / BBC Razanasoa Edmondine looking at the photos on her phone of her new grandson Razanasoa Edmondine still looks […]

The Kenyan Catholic Church has introduced a new brand of altar wine for Holy Mass after the previous one became widely available in local bars. […]

Zimbabwean opposition lawmaker Desire Moyo has died after the vehicle he was travelling in hit an elephant, local media report. The accident happened in the […]

The Afghan Taliban has accused Pakistan of violating Kabul’s “sovereign territory”, describing it as an “unprecedented, violent, and provocative act”. The allegation comes after two […]

Reuters Venezuela’s opposition leader and pro-democracy activist María Coria Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Machado was hailed by the Nobel Committee […]

A family of ducks brought traffic on Perth’s Kwinana Freeway to a standstill during Friday’s morning rush hour. Main Roads, Western Australia’s motorway transport agency, […]

Up to 200 US troops already based in the Middle East will be moved to Israel to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza, according to […]