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Updated as stories are publishedWhat UNICEF found about online sexual abuse of children
As many as 20 million children aged 12 to 17 across 21 countries experienced online sexual abuse or exploitation each…
Yen reaches one-month high amid Bank of Japan rate speculation
The Japanese yen has risen more than 1.7% against the US dollar, reaching 155.85, its highest level against the dollar…
Gloria Steinem’s journalism and activism reshaped feminism
Gloria Steinem, the American journalist and feminist activist whose work helped bring feminist ideas into the mainstream, has died aged…
Three claimants seek compensation for 1960 Sharpeville killings
Three people affected by the 1960 Sharpeville massacre have sued the South African government for compensation, arguing that a law…
Apple Maps adopts ‘Lake America’ name in the US
Apple Maps now displays “Lake America” instead of Lake Ontario for users in the United States, following Donald Trump’s executive…
Zelenskyy calls Kyiv spy-service shootout ‘absolutely shameful’
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned a shootout in Kyiv between Ukraine’s SBU and GUR intelligence and security services that reportedly left…
What Pakistan’s new Punjab law means for terrorism trials
Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly passed the Anti-Terrorism (Punjab Amendment) Bill 2026 on August 31, allowing terrorism cases to be designated for…
Rescuers search hydropower tunnels after Nepal floods kill more than 1,270
More than 1,270 people have been killed and more than 4,700 remain missing after flash floods devastated communities in Nepal…
El Niño forecast to intensify as UN warns of global impacts
A very strong El Niño is forecast to intensify in the coming months, and the event is likely to be…
Asian economies seek safer oil and gas storage after crisis
Asian economies are pursuing a longer-term energy-security response after the United States and Israel went to war with Iran six…
China’s emissions decline as electric transport cushions oil shock
China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026 after the outbreak of the US-Israeli war…
Dutch central bank shifts gold from North America to London
De Nederlandsche Bank has moved 86 tonnes of its gold reserves from the US and Canada to London, saying increasing…
Officials see hope for 46 workers trapped in Nepal tunnel
Nepal electricity authority official Amhsu Kiran Shahi said there is a high chance that 46 workers trapped for about a…
US-Iran strikes intensify as Tehran reports 18 dead
US President Donald Trump has threatened further attacks on Iran, saying Washington could strike “anytime we want”, after Iranian officials…
Maryland judge halts Trump’s latest birthright citizenship effort
A United States federal judge in Maryland has blocked President Donald Trump’s latest effort to limit birthright citizenship, issuing a…
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