Media captionFootage shows passengers leaping from the wreckage in the minutes after the blast The St Petersburg metro explosion was caused by a bomb possibly detonated by a man whose body parts were found on the train, Russian investigators say. Monday’s blast between two stations killed 14 people and injured almost 50. Kyrgyzstan’s security service […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Jacob Zuma is coming under increasing pressure to step down South Africa’s powerful trades union federation Cosatu has called for President Jacob Zuma to step down. Its Secretary General Bheki Ntshalintshali said he was no longer the “right person” to lead the country. Anti-apartheid struggle veterans have also called […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Students protest ahead of Tuesday’s vote on the new legislation Hungary has passed a bill which could force an internationally respected university out of the country. The 199-seat parliament voted 123 to 38 in favour of the legislation, placing tough restrictions on foreign universities operating in Hungary. It is the […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Jacob Zuma is coming under increasing pressure to step down South Africa’s powerful trades union federation Cosatu has called for President Jacob Zuma to step down. Its Secretary General Bheki Ntshalintshali said he is no longer the “right person” to lead the country. Mr Zuma has been under growing […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption For al-Shabab fighters, kidnapping for ransom is often a financial weapon Four aid workers have been kidnapped by members of the Somali Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, reports say. They are Somali nationals working for the World Health Organization (WHO) who were abducted in the town of Luuq in the […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption DR Congo’s army has been fighting a militia group in the central Kasai region The UN has said it has found 13 mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s central Kasai province since the beginning of March. This brings the number discovered since last August to 23. The UN […]
Image caption The dance remix led to the club’s manager being detained “for violation against good morals” A nightclub in Tunisia has been shut down after footage emerged of a DJ playing a dance remix of the Muslim call to prayer, officials say. Video shared on Sunday from the Orbit Festival in the north-eastern town […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption New finance minister Malusi Gigaba says economic change has been too slow South Africa’s credit rating has been cut to junk status by the ratings agency S&P Global. The agency said that political upheaval, including the sacking of finance minister Pravin Gordhan, was endangering the economy. S&P also expressed […]
Media captionEmergency services tend to the wounded outside a St Petersburg metro station Ten people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in St Petersburg. The head of Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the blast hit a train between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. The committee said an explosive device was […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Gorsuch gave three days of testimony to the Senate panel last month President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is expected to advance on Monday towards a full Senate vote, setting the stage for a major political showdown. The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to approve Neil Gorsuch, but Democrats are […]
