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UN aid workers in Ethiopia’s war-torn region of Tigray are exiting safely after several weeks of being trapped due to the ongoing fighting. In a tweet, the UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said "the workers were able to leave…

Lesotho will hold a parliamentary election on Friday, amid failures by its politicians to pass constitutional reforms meant to end years of political instability in the southern African mountain kingdom. The All Basotho Convention (ABC)…

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) executive board will consider Ukraine's request for $1.3 billion in additional emergency funding on Friday as Russia's war against the country continues, two sources familiar with the matter said.…

North Korea has fired a suspected missile over Japan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of Tokyo and Washington. The ballistic missile travelled about 4,500km (2,800 miles) before falling into the Pacific…

Iran's supreme leader has blamed the US and Israel for the protests sweeping the country following the death of a woman whilst in police custody. In his first public comments on the unrest, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said "riots" had been…

"I regret to announce that we have lost our first doctor, Dr. Mohammed Ali, a Tanzanian national, 37-year-old Male," the health minister, Jane Ruth Aceng, tweeted. She said Ali had tested positive for Ebola on Sept. 26 and died while…

It was responding to a story in The Sunday Times which claimed Prime Minister Liz Truss had "ordered" the King not to attend. The Palace said advice had been sought by the King and given by Ms Truss. "With mutual friendship and…

Russian troops have detained the director of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Ukraine's state nuclear regulator Enerhoatom says. It says Ihor Murashov was held as his car was on its way from the facility to the nearby town of…

President Joe Biden has warned Russia that the United States will not be intimidated by reckless threats after Vladimir Putin annexed four occupied regions of Ukraine. Mr Putin "appeared to make a veiled threat to use nuclear weapons to…

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area towards the country’s east coast, according to South Korean and Japanese officials, marking Pyongyang’s fourth missile test launch in a week. Japan’s NHK…