[ad_1] Syria’s new rebel-led authorities say 14 interior ministry personnel have been killed and 10 injured in an “ambush” by forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in the west
[ad_1] Thuthuka Zondi / BBC A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, with organised crime
[ad_1] Twenty big cats – including a Bengal tiger and four cougars – have died of the bird flu over the past several weeks at an animal sanctuary in the
[ad_1] More than 1,500 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Mozambique, taking advantage of ongoing political unrest triggered by disputed election results, police say. Thirty-three people were killed and
[ad_1] The bald eagle is now officially the national bird of the US, after President Joe Biden signed a law on Christmas Eve bestowing the honour upon the white-headed and
[ad_1] Pope Francis has called for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end the war triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In his traditional Christmas Day address, the
[ad_1] Reuters Many Kyiv residents sheltered in metro stations Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia made a “conscious choice” by launching a major attack on his country’s energy infrastructure on
[ad_1] A court in Turkey has sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel which collapsed in an earthquake in 2023, killing 72 people, to jail. The owner of the
[ad_1] This is the moment astronauts on the International Space Station sent a festive message from orbit, some 250 miles (400km) above Earth. Two of the astronauts – Sunita Williams
[ad_1] An investigation by the Israeli military has found that the actions of their forces on the ground likely influenced the killing of six hostages in Gaza in August by