For the past month, Mr Ghukse had been kept captive in a squalid shanty in the western state of Maharashtra along with six other daily-wage workers. The workers were hired by some contractors in the state's Osmanabad district to dig wells, but were later forced into bonded labour which is ill
A two-day cease-fire in Sudan for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha appears to have broken down. The ongoing fighting in Sudan continues to pit the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). And amid the mounting bloodshed, both sides cont
The drama over the border in Russia has hardened the view in Kyiv that Mr Putin's time as Russia's president is coming to an end. "I think the countdown has started," said Andriy Yermak, President Zelensky's closest adviser. At a briefing in Kyiv, he look
The president of France has called police killing of teen "unforgivable", saying "nothing justifies" a young person's death. Emmanuel Macron's comments come after protests over the killing gripped the Paris region overnight. Nahel, aged 17, was shot
The Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would abandon Wagner and thanked his troops for preventing civil war. He said preparations are underway for the Wagner mercenary group to hand over its heavy military hardware following Saturday's failed rebellion. There was a mome
Protests and unrest erupted in the Paris region overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police. Video circulating on social media shows a police officer pointing a gun at the driver of a car, before a gunshot is heard. The car then cr
A US women who shot an Uber driver she thought was kidnapping her has been charged with murder. According to police in the border city of El Paso, Texas, Phoebe Copas believed she was being taken into Mexico. She then shot driver Daniel Piedra Garcia, the authorities said in a
The suspect who killed five people at an LGBT nightclub in Colorado last year has pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder. Anderson Lee Aldrich, 23, opened fire with an assault rifle at Club Q in Colorado Springs on 19 November 2022. The shooting was stopped by club-goer
Violence is overshadowing the tallying of presidential election results in Sierra Leone two days after the vote that pits President Julius Maada Bio against his main contender, opposition leader Samura Kamara. It's not clear who is leading, but both sides have already said that they
An armed mutiny in Russia that threatened to escalate into a coup and civil war appeared over Sunday. It was seen as Russian President Vladimir Putin's most significant challenge to his authority since gaining power over two decades ago. Residents cheered as fighters of Russia's