The UK has agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending years of bitter dispute over Britain’s last African colony. The agreement will
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Jamaica welcomes US move to clamp down on gun trafficking to Caribbean
Jamaica’s deputy prime minister has welcomed a campaign by the New York attorney general, Letitia James, to push through new measures and legislation to tackle
Tanzania suspends news websites over ad referencing killings of dissidents
Tanzania has suspended the online operations of a top newspaper publisher after one of its publications ran an animated advert depicting the country’s president, Samia
A timeline of the UK’s history with the Chagos Islands
The UK has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic deal. Here we detail the history of the archipelago. 1783 The
Quebec separatist leader holds Trudeau to ransom: ‘We saw an opportunity’
The leader of the Quebec independence party propping up the government of Justin Trudeau has insisted that the political lifeline depends on the quick passage
Bird flu outbreak kills dozens of tigers in Vietnam zoos
Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media reported. The
North Korean defector crashes stolen bus in failed bid to return home
A North Korean defector living in South Korea has been detained after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily
Gang violence leaves Haiti facing ‘worst hunger emergency in the western hemisphere’
Half of all Haitians are struggling every day to find food as rampant gang violence and lawlessness are causing “the worst hunger emergency in the
Typhoon Krathon: two people killed and two missing in Taiwan
Two people have been killed, two are missing and more than 100 injured in bad weather from a typhoon approaching Taiwan, which grounded flights and
Buried US second world war bomb explodes at Japanese airport
A US bomb from the second world war that had been buried at a Japanese airport has exploded, causing a large crater in a taxiway