Honduras arrests alleged mastermind behind activist’s murder Honduran authorities on Friday said they arrested a high-ranking executive of a hydroelectric company on Friday on charges of helping plan the murder of indigenous environmental activist Berta Caceres two years ago. Roberto David Castillo, executive president of Desarrollos Energeticos (DESA), was arrested […]

Doctor in Kenya performs brain surgery on the wrong person A neurosurgeon at Kenya’s largest hospital has been suspended after performing brain surgery on the wrong patient. The scandal, which prompted an outpouring of horror on social media, is the latest drama to hit the Kenyatta National Hospital in recent […]

Saudi Military Gets the MBS Treatment An army band with bagpipes marched past displays of machine guns and laser-guided missiles in Riyadh this week as international defense companies showed off their hardware. Hours later, the Saudi government announced that several top commanders had been removed, including the chief of staff […]

Brussels raises Brexit tempo with Irish protocol The EU’s Brexit negotiators set out their answer to the Irish border question on Wednesday: take legal control of a large part of Northern Ireland’s economy. Cast as a last-resort measure to avoid a hard border in Ireland after Brexit, the European Commission’s […]

UK police arrest 3 men over blast that killed 5 people Three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after five people died in an explosion in Leicester, police have said. Leicestershire Police have been investigating the cause of the blast, which happened at a Polish supermarket with two […]

Australian amnesty nets 57,000 firearms and rocket launcher An Australian government report says more than 57,000 illegal firearms including a rocket launcher and machine guns were handed in during a recent amnesty in which gun owners could surrender such weapons without penalty. The government and some gun policy analysts were […]

Officials: Indian fire kills 2 Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir Pakistan’s military says Indian troops have killed two Pakistani soldiers in the latest “unprovoked” fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. The gunfire from Indian troops on Wednesday struck Pakistani posts near Bhimber village in Pakistan’s part of Kashmir. The […]