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Khartoum drone strike kills five Sudan NGO reports 

02 May 2026

News|Sudan war A drone strike carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed five civilians in Kh...

Ukraine eyes Belarus border activities as Russian strikes persist 

02 May 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reiterated warnings to Belarus not to get involved i...

At least six dead in heavy rains in northeast Brazil, thousands displaced 

02 May 2026

News|Weather At least six people have died in heavy rains in northeastern Brazil, with thousands more displaced, accordi...

Spain demands Israel release arrested Gaza flotilla crew member 

02 May 2026

Madrid has demanded the release of a Spanish citizen who was arrested during a raid on a flotilla headed for Gaza and ta...

Yemen reports hijacked oil tanker headed for Somalia 

02 May 2026

News|Shipping Yemen’s Coast Guard has said that it is attempting to recover an oil tanker that was hijacked off the co...

Mexico’s Sinaloa state governor resigns amid US drug trafficking charges 

02 May 2026

The governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state has temporarily resigned days after being charged by United States authorities ...

Israel’s ‘two-tier’ policing and the crime epidemic in Palestinian towns 

02 May 2026

Addressing the cameras following reports of spiralling youth violence, including the killing of the 21-year-old former I...

Israeli air strikes kill 10 people in southern Lebanon 

02 May 2026

Israel has launched multiple strikes across southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people in further violations of a “c...

Mali probes soldiers suspected of involvement in military base attacks 

02 May 2026

News|Military Malian authorities say they are investigating soldiers suspected of involvement in a wave of simultaneous ...

Trump says US Navy acting ‘like pirates’ to enforce Iran blockade 

02 May 2026

United States President Donald Trump says the US Navy is acting “like pirates” as he described an operation about se...