Month: October 2026

Serhii Beskrestnov says there has not been enough time to warn people about incoming missile attacks. The White House said there had been no changes to intelligence sharing. ...

The families of the victims of Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane had been campaigning for the change. ...

Penalties are seen as too harsh on motorists who are penalised for parking on private land. ...

by Lawrence Wright. A longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, Wright profiles seven women facing execution in Texas and the nuns praying for their souls. The Sisters of Mary Morningstar, who live outside Waco, are solitary and mostly silent, but they provide the condemned inmates with “mercy, love, and ...

Zambia’s state miner and Abu Dhabi-based International Resources Holding (IRH) say they have patched up their financing dispute over Mopani Copper Mines, the development of which is a cornerstone of the southern African country’s economic growth plan. In a letter in September, Zambia’s ZCCM-IH accused the Emirati company of failing ...

GSMA, the global telecoms industry body, has urged African governments to cut the cost of radio frequency spectrum, arguing the expense is holding back investment in faster mobile networks. Reforms could add more than $120 billion to the African economy by 2035, expand 4G and 5G coverage, and raise productivity, ...

The continent’s inventors are in the spotlight as Johannesburg prepares to host the final of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa prize. Previous participants have been given a boost in their quest to create life-changing tools. Atish Shah, who took part five years ago, told Semafor his Dar es Salaam-based ...

Burundi signed a $1.4 billion electricity deal with US-backed Anzana Electric Group, which Washington says will strengthen American supply chains and support mining in the East African country. The country has deposits of nickel, gold, and rare earths. But Burundi, like many resource-rich African nations, has struggled to develop large-scale ...

Move comes after US photojournalist and group of European diplomats and Palestinians were assaulted in separate attacks Israeli police have detained 10 people in a rare raid against settlers, after a weekend of extreme violence in the occupied West Bank including an attack on US photojournalist Heidi Levine, which she ...

More than 200 mostly young people said to be injured after ballistic missile attack on training camp for government forces At least 53 people have been killed in a Houthi ballistic missile attack on a training camp for Yemeni government security forces, making it the largest single loss of life ...