House Democrats release papers that implicate President Trump in Epstein’s sex trafficking of young girls

House Democrats release papers that implicate President Trump in Epstein’s sex trafficking of young girls

Trump has vehemently and consistently denied knowing about Epstein’s sex trafficking. He has said that he and Epstein, who died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019, were once friends before having a falling out.

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Officials say former US President Biden ignored Israeli military lawyers’ evidence of Gaza war crimes

Officials say former US President Biden ignored Israeli military lawyers’ evidence of Gaza war crimes

Reports of internal US government dissent over Israel’s Gaza campaign emerged during Biden’s presidency. This account – based on detailed recollections from those involved – offers a fuller picture of the debate’s intensity in the administration’s final weeks, which ended with President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January.

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US strike on a Yemen prison that killed over 60 African migrants designated a war crime

US strike on a Yemen prison that killed over 60 African migrants designated a war crime

Amnesty said the Houthis recently put the death toll in the strike at 61, lower than the 68 it initially reported. Gunfire could be heard in footage filmed after the airstrikes, with the Houthis saying their guards fired warning shots around the time of the strikes.

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How for 63 years successive regimes in Uganda inverted political pluralism in favour of economic crimes they celebrate every October 9

How for 63 years successive regimes in Uganda inverted political pluralism in favour of economic crimes they celebrate every October 9

Uganda marked her 63rd Independence Day on October 9, 2025. At 76, I was one of the few people living in Uganda today who were old enough on October 9, 1962, when the colonial British government handed the instruments of power to Apollo Milton Obote. I was 12 years. We...

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Trump administration ordered to clarify how it will prevent illegal deportation from Ghana

Trump administration ordered to clarify how it will prevent illegal deportation from Ghana

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered the government to detail on Saturday night how it was trying to ensure Ghana would not send the immigrants elsewhere in violation of domestic court orders.

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Charlie Kirk’s assassination: From Gerald Ford, who survived two assassination attempts, US gun violence hits Republican-run states the most

Charlie Kirk’s assassination: From Gerald Ford, who survived two assassination attempts, US gun violence hits Republican-run states the most

These bloody episodes underscore a grim irony: The very politicians and pundits who promulgate expansive gun rights and tough-on-crime rhetoric have repeatedly found themselves on the receiving end of bullets.

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Kidnappings of aid workers on steep rise in South Sudan as fighting between army and rebels escalates

Kidnappings of aid workers on steep rise in South Sudan as fighting between army and rebels escalates

Violence targeting aid workers has surged globally, said independent research group Humanitarian Outcomes. In a report released in August, the organisation said 2024 was the deadliest year on record, with 383 aid workers killed and 861 others affected by major violence, warning that 2025 was on track to even surpass it.

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US considers buying two million shots use in low and middle income countries hard-hit by HIV

US considers buying two million shots use in low and middle income countries hard-hit by HIV

There are more than 30,000 new HIV infections in the US every year and 1.2 million people are living with the virus. Worldwide there are 1.3 million new infections annually and nearly 40 million people living with the virus.

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Abuse victims detail how Trump was cosy with America’s notorious rapist Jeffrey Epstein but White House dismisses them as ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’

Abuse victims detail how Trump was cosy with America’s notorious rapist Jeffrey Epstein but White House dismisses them as ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’

During the press conference, Trump was meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office. Following their meeting, a reporter asked the president if “friends” or “donors” were being protected by not releasing the full Epstein files. He brushed off the question, doubling back on a previous claim that the documents are a “Democrat hoax that never ends.”

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As sugarcane farmers in western Kenya dump the ‘poor man’s crop’, counterparts in Rift Valley are embracing the ‘lazy man’s crop’

As sugarcane farmers in western Kenya dump the ‘poor man’s crop’, counterparts in Rift Valley are embracing the ‘lazy man’s crop’

The construction of a new factory means that up to 10,000 additional acres of land will be put under the crop to meet the raw materials requirement for the miller to operate optimally. Consequently, a substantial number of farmers are shifting from growing maize to sugarcane, attracted by the profitability and ready market.

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