Following his abortive attempt to impose martial law, South Korea’s impeached president has been charged with insurrection. Yoon Suk Yeol became the first South Korean president to be charged with a crime after he tried in December last year to impose military rule, throwing he country into political tumult. A court in Seoul rejected a More
At least 27 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack in the northeast of the country, a media report said on Monday. The attack also killed an officer from the Ministry of Defence and left several others injured, The Economic Times reported. “The suicide attack killed 27 soldiers, including their commander, and left More
At least 70 people have been killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the death toll from the hospital attack in El Fasher in a post on X. “The appalling More
The United States will officially withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 22, 2026, according to the United Nations. The UN announced the development on Thursday after being formally notified by President Donald Trump, who has accused the agency of mismanagement, Reuters reported Trump made the announcement on Monday, just hours after being More
US President Donald Trump has expressed uncertainty about whether his administration should continue spending on NATO, saying, “We’re protecting them. They’re not protecting us.” Trump told reporters that while the US is protecting NATO members, they are not offering the same level of protection in return, Reuters reported. “I’m not sure we should be spending More
US President Donald Trump has threatened Russia with high tariffs and tougher sanctions if it fails to end the Ukraine war. “If we don’t make a deal soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of taxes, tariffs, and sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various More
A new, rapidly-spreading wildfire has broken out in Los Angeles County, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate an area already devastated by destructive blazes, the BBC reported on Thursday. The Hughes Fire ignited on Wednesday afternoon about 45 miles northwest of Los Angeles, near Castaic Lake, in a mountainous region that borders several residential neighborhoods More
At least 10 people were killed and 31 others injured as a fire broke out at a hotel in one of Türkiye’s renowned tourist destinations, on Tuesday morning. Türkiye Today reported the fire erupted in the hotel’s restaurant area and quickly engulfed the entire building in Bolu’s Kartalkaya Ski Resort. Emergency teams, including firefighters and More
The Palestinian Civil Defence agency estimates there are 10,000 bodies under destroyed structures across the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday. Palestinians have recovered dozens of bodies buried under the rubble in Gaza and are searching for thousands more as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold for a second day. Medical More
Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders hours after officially becoming the 47th president of the United States, CNN reported. The signed actions include an immigration crackdown as well as the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organisation. One of President Donald Trump’s first executive actions formally established More
