ShareSixteen students have been killed in a fire at a boarding school in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) north-west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, the authorities have confirmed. Dozens of other students were injured and taken to hospital – 71 were later discharged and seven admitted for further treatment, EducationContinue Reading
ShareThe US military has carried out new strikes on Iran, targeting a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city. US Central Command (Centcom) said its forces also shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones “that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz”. The site in Bandar AbbasContinue Reading
ShareThe Speaker of Senegal’s parliament El Malick Ndiaye has resigned from his post days after the country’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye sacked his mentor-turned-deputy, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, and dissolved the government. Some now speculate there are plans to offer the vacant speaker post to Sonko by loyalists in defiance ofContinue Reading
ShareA suspect has been killed after opening fire on Secret Service agents outside the White House, the agency says. A bystander was also injured in the shooting. Footage shared by ABC News correspondent Selina Wang showed her taking cover as a volley of gunshots could be heard ringing out acrossContinue Reading
ShareCuba poses a “national security threat” to the US and the likelihood of a peaceful agreement is “not high”, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. His comments come just a day after the US charged Cuba’s former president Raúl Castro with murder over the 1996 downing of twoContinue Reading
ShareChina and Russia have condemned a US decision to charge Cuba’s former president Raúl Castro with murder. The Chinese foreign ministry called on the US to stop using “coercion” and “threats” against its ally, while the Kremlin said the pressure being exerted on Havana “borders on violence”. The US hasContinue Reading
ShareThe US has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes over the downing of two planes between Cuba and Florida in 1996. The case unveiled on Wednesday – a revival of charges originally from 2003 – accuses Castro and five others inContinue Reading
ShareA 38-year-old man has been killed by a 13ft (4m) shark in Western Australia. On Saturday, the man was bitten just before 10:00 (02:00 GMT) at Horseshoe Reef – north-west of the popular Rottnest Island near the city of Perth, local police said. Aerial footage showed the man being rushedContinue Reading
ShareA man has driven his car into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena, injuring eight people, four seriously, officials say. They include a woman who reportedly had both her legs crushed. Passers-by gave chase and managed to detain the man, in his 30s, and hand him over toContinue Reading
ShareTaiwan has insisted it is a sovereign, independent nation, after US President Donald Trump cautioned it against formally declaring independence from China. Trump’s remarks came after a two-day summit in Beijing, after which he said he had “made no commitment either way” about the self-governing island – which China claimsContinue Reading