World

By John Ikani Turkmenistan's leader has ordered experts to find a way to finally extinguish a massive five-decade old fire in a giant natural gas crater in the Central Asian country, dubbed the "Gateway to Hell"....

By Ebi Kesiena At least 14 people were killed and 17 injured on Saturday when a coach and a minibus smashed into each other at high speed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, security officials said. The minibus...

By Ebi Kesiena At least 20 people were trapped after an explosion on Friday caused a building housing a government staff canteen to collapse in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, according to state media. The...

By Ebi Kesiena The Taliban appealed on Friday for emergency humanitarian aid without “political bias”, saying recent snow and flooding had worsened the plight of the Afghan people. Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in...

By Ebi Kesiena The Speaker of Tanzania’s Parliament quit on Thursday after a public falling out with President Samia Suluhu Hassan, exacerbating divisions within the ruling party. Job Ndugai, who is no stranger to controversy, had...

By Ebi Kesiena Sri Lanka imposed electricity rationing on Friday with the main power utility unable to buy fuel oil for its power stations as a result of the island’s worsening dollar crisis. Oil normally accounts...