The number of liver cancer cases worldwide is projected to nearly double by 2050, reaching 1.52 million new diagnoses annually, unless greater efforts are made to tackle preventable risk factors such as obesity, alcohol consumption, and viral hepatitis, a new study warns. The findings, published in The Lancet medical journal using data from the Global […]

A chilling hum echoes through the night sky over eastern Ukraine. Explosions crack through the darkness, lighting up sunflower fields below. The acrid scent of gunpowder fills the air. “There! Three kilometres away!” shouts a Ukrainian serviceman from an air defence unit. They’re armed with Soviet-era weapons, trying desperately to intercept Russian drones before they […]

Hermann Yameogo, a well-known Burkinabe lawyer and political figure, who was abducted over the weekend, has been released, according to statements from his family and close entourage shared with AFP on Monday. A family member confirmed: “He was freed last night and is now with his family.” Another relative added that Yameogo had been interrogated […]

The Palestinian Ministry of Education has accused Israeli settlers of killing Awdah Muhammad Hathaleen, a prominent activist associated with the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, during an attack on the village of Umm al-Khair near Hebron in the southern West Bank. The Israeli police confirmed they are investigating the incident, which occurred near the Carmel […]

An Argentine police officer has been found guilty of abuse of authority after allowing four detainees to temporarily leave their holding cells in order to work as cooks, servers, and cleaners at his own wedding. The unusual incident took place last year, when the officer arranged for the detainees—held at a nearby police station—to walk […]

A Colombian court on Monday delivered a historic verdict, finding former president Álvaro Uribe guilty of witness tampering—marking the first time in the nation’s history that a former head of state has been convicted of a criminal offence. Uribe, aged 73, who governed Colombia from 2002 to 2010, was found guilty of influencing right-wing paramilitary […]