At least nine persons are believed to have died after two US Army helicopters crashed in Kentucky. The state's Governor, Andy Beshear, said it was "tough news" with "early reports of a helicopter crash and fatalities are expected". Local news reports sa
Myanmar’s ruling military junta marks Armed Forces Day vowing to take action against what it calls “terrorist” resistance groups and to increasingly impose martial law and control in the country already crushed by dictatorship, violence and economic paralysis. An impre
As children around the world continue to die from approaching unexploded devices, Afghanistan loses eight in just a single week, whilst women and girls continue to suffer the inequality of being kept out of education. As the situation in Afghanistan continues to worse, UNICEF has announ
Bishop Mark Spalding of Nashville calls for prayers for the victims and families of the latest mass shooting in the US, killing three children and three members of staff in a local Presbyterian school. Six people, including three children, lost their lives Monday following a shooting by
Trade unions in Israel called off a general strike after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed a controversial bill intended to reform the judiciary. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed a controversial judicial reform bill that has provoked months of pr
Not less than 39 people have died and dozens more were injured in a fire at a detention centre for migrants in the Mexican city of Juarez on the US border. A blaze in a dormitory at a Mexican immigration detention centre in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, has killed thirty-nine people and injure
A well known girl child education activist has been arrested by the Taliban. Matiullah Wesa, 30, who has travelled to remote parts of the country trying to improve access to education for all children, has often received threats. The Taliban have not said why Mr Wesa was
A school head described as a saint, a custodian who "absolutely loved his job", and a substitute teacher were among the victims of a shooting that left six dead at a school in Nashville, Tennessee. Three staff members and three pupils were killed when a 28-year-old former stud
Ukraine responds to Russian President Vladimir Putin after he announced that Moscow would place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. A key Ukrainian presidential adviser said Sunday that the move comes as Moscow realizes it will eventually lose its invasion of Ukraine. Russian President
At least 26 people have died in Mississippi and Alabama after a tornado tore through the southern US states. Search and rescue efforts are continuing, and the Mississippi state government has declared a state of emergency. In Rolling Fork, crushed cars, bricks and glass litter