Israeli voters are preparing to head to the polls in an election some have described as the most consequential in the country’s history. It’s the first general election since the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023. Tuesday’s vote could see Benjamin Netanyahu’s almo...
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home to a fraught political landscape after over 10 months in exile. “I am here. With you,” Machado wrote on X on Sunday. Her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, confirmed the news minutes ...
Instead of running for office themselves, Rich Kid-led assemblies at the country’s university faculties have chosen 250 candidates to stand in the parliamentary election, with Ilija Srdanović, professor at Novi Sad University, heading the list. The Rich Kid List of candidates for par...
The lawyer for Pengo Bossio Wangi, the one person killed during the attack, told French media the move to place the suspect under observation was “very rare”. He alleged that it was being used to portray the suspect as criminally irresponsible rather than having acted deliberat...
Gabon says it has lifted a ban on social media imposed eight months ago – a move that triggered widespread criticism at the time. The High Communication Authority (HAC) announced the U-turn on Saturday in a televised statement. The BBC has approached the country’s media regulat...
Lula and his Workers’ Party have cast this election as a “battle for democracy”, arguing that Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction for coup-plotting is evidence that “Bolsonarismo” constitutes a threat to Brazil’s democratic institutions. During Lula’...
Four bodies handed over to special forces on a mission to Haiti to recover Salvadoran hostages are “not our men”, El Salvador’s president has said. Nayib Bukele said a nongovernmental organisation delivered the human remains to one of Haiti’s airports claiming they ...
Elon Musk has said his company SpaceX restricted Ukraine’s Starlink internet service, after Ukrainian officials said connectivity issues appeared to have been resolved. The tech billionaire accused Ukraine of violating its terms of service by using it for military activity – bu...
When popular Kenyan food creator That Girl Boina took a two-week holiday to Europe, she expected to relax. A week into the trip, an Instagram direct message exposed a problem that would ultimately lead to the closure of her business. “I was at your studio, I liked everything. The onl...
Ukraine is in desperate need of a new satellite internet service, but a fast and reliable alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink network simply doesn’t exist – yet. Last week’s sudden slowdown of the service in Ukraine, which affected Kyiv’s ability to defend its...