The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate has condemned the arrest of a prominent local journalist by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Ali al-Samoudi, who has worked extensively with Western media, was detained during a raid on his son’s home in the northern city of Jenin early on Tuesday. The 58-year-old was interrogated for half an…
The Colombian government says 15 police officers and 12 soldiers have been killed over the past two weeks in targeted attacks it blames on armed groups. President Gustavo Petro accused the Gulf Clan criminal gang and other armed groups of targeting members of the security forces in revenge for the recent killing of several of…
Norway’s state energy company may take Donald Trump’s administration to court after it ordered an “unprecedented” halt to a $2.5bn (£1.87bn) windfarm project off the coast of New York. Equinor is considering its legal options after the US interior secretary, Doug Burgum, ordered the energy company to “immediately halt all construction activities” on an offshore…
Wedaeli Chibelushi & Pumza Fihlani BBC News, London & Johannesburg South Africa Police Service Constable Boipelo Senoge was among the three officers whose bodies were found in the river Police in South Africa are searching for answers after the bodies of three police officers – who had been missing for six days – were found…
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) speaks with Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella after posing for a family picture with guests who attend the “Tech for Good” Summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 23, 2018. Charles Platiau | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said that as much as 30%…
Taiwan has condemned Somalia for banning travellers with Taiwanese passports from entering or transiting through the East African country. The ban took effect on Wednesday following an order issued by Somali aviation authorities last week, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said. Somalia is yet to comment on the ban which comes as Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed…
Jake Horton & Lucy Gilder BBC Verify Getty Images President Trump used a rally in Michigan to mark what he claimed had been “the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country, according to many, many people”. He highlighted his efforts to tackle illegal immigration, to bring back jobs…
Tony Blair has come under criticism from climate experts after warning that any strategy relying on rapidly phasing out fossil fuels is “doomed to fail”. The former prime minister’s comments, published in a new report from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), triggered an internal row within Labour, with some accusing him of…
Swedish police have arrested a teenager after a fatal triple shooting in the city of Uppsala on Tuesday. The shooter reportedly fled on a scooter following the attack in a hair salon in the centre of the city, triggering a manhunt. Police confirmed on Wednesday that the person arrested for the shooting is under the…
Federal SPD Chairman Lars Klingbeil speaks in Trier. Photo by Harald Tittel/picture alliance via Getty Images The Social Democratic Party’s Lars Klingbeil has been tapped to become Germany’s next finance minister in the incoming centrist coalition government, replacing Joerg Kukies, the party announced. Klingbeil has also been selected to assume the vice chancellor position. “The…
