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American livestreamer Johnny Somali, who caused outrage in South Korea by kissing a statue representing Globe War Two sex slaves, has been sentenced to six months in jail. Seoul authorities charged him for public nuisance in November 2024 after he posted a clip of himself kissing and performing lap dances on the statue while visiting […]

Kenya has sharply raised the cost of petroleum, with diesel prices rising by a record margin despite a fuel tax cut, as the conflict in Iran pushes up global oil prices. In its latest review, the energy regulator raised the cost of diesel by 40 Kenya shillings to 206 ($1.6; £1.2) a litre, while petrol […]

The suspected gunman, Victor Hawkins, walked into Pauls Valley High School and fired shots during the incident on 7 April. Principal Kirk Moore, is then seen charging toward the former student and tackling him, before another staff member arrives and removes the gun from his hand. Principal Moore was shot in the leg during the […]

It has been three years since civil war erupted in Sudan – leading to what is considered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The conflict has seen human suffering on a huge scale, with 65% of the population in need of food, water, shelter and medicine. Thousands of the public have been killed, and millions forcibly […]

US rapper Kanye West has proclaimed the postponement of a forthcoming concert in Marseille, France, “until further notice”. The announcement comes a week after this summer’s Wireless Festival in London – which West had been scheduled to headline – was cancelled following the UK government’s decision to block him from entering the country. French media […]

The man who ended Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in office, Péter Magyar, is meeting Hungary’s president, seeking a speedy transfer of power after Sunday’s landslide victory. President Tamás Sulyok, who has refused Magyar’s demand to step down, is widely expected to nominate Magyar as the next prime minister. Magyar has noted he needs to be […]

More than 200 Iranian sailors left stranded in Sri Lanka after a US torpedo attack are returning home after being stuck in the country for more than a month. On Wednesday, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Defence Minister, Aruna ⁠Jayasekara, confirmed 32 sailors rescued from the Iris Dena and 206 from Irins Bushehr, had left the country. […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer, who served in the last government of the apartheid era, as his novel ambassador to the US, his office has stated. The country has not had a top envoy in the US since Ebrahim Rasool was expelled last year after he accused President Donald Trump of […]

Soon after Mohamed Suleiman entered the telecoms office in the coastal city of Port Sudan on 13 January he started to cry. He hadn’t heard his phone ring for most of Sudan’s civil war, which began exactly three years ago following a power struggle between the army and its then-ally, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]