Photos: Inside El Salvador’s new ‘mega prison’ for gang members
Inmates accused of belonging to the MS-13 and 18th Street gangs arrive at a new “mega prison” called the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism in Tecoluca, 75km (45 miles)…
Everything Everywhere takes home nearly everything at SAG awards
Near clean sweep sets the stage for Oscars success on March 12 for the absurdist dimension-hopping film. Dimension-hopping adventure Everything Everywhere All at Once has taken the top honours at…
Guantánamo: Sorry seems to be the hardest word
It was very moving to watch the tracker that followed the United States air force C17 aircraft as it flew across the Atlantic and above the Straits of Gibraltar. I…
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis sets new pole vault world record
Olympic champion sets a new pole vault world record of 6.22 metres at an indoor meeting in France. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis has broken his own pole vault record, clearing 6.22…
Athletes wounded after blasts hit race in Cameroon: reports
A separatist armed group claimed responsibility for the attack in Buea, in the English-speaking region, Reuters reports. Multiple short explosions at a running race in Cameroon’s English-speaking region left 19…
EU approves 10th package of sanctions on Russia over Ukraine war
EU sanctions were designed to make financing the war more difficult for Russia, as well as starve it of tech equipment and spare parts. The European Union has approved a…
Villagers mourn mosque destroyed by Syria’s earthquake
Maland, Idlib, Syria – After the first earthquake of February 6 struck the village of Maland, its frightened people made their way to the mosque, hoping that prayer would calm…
Russia sends Soyuz rescue ship to International Space Station
Soyuz MS-23 will transport Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin, Sergei Prokopyev and NASA’s Frank Rubio back to Earth later this year. Russia has launched an uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft on a rescue…
This is why you should care about Nigeria’s election
Onitsha, Nigeria – Africa’s largest democracy will hold its presidential election on Saturday. As many as 93.4 million registered voters will determine who gets to be the next president of…
Israel bombs Gaza after rocket fire, deadly Nablus raid
Israel has bombed the Gaza Strip after Palestinian fighters launched several rockets from the besieged coastal enclave amid tensions over an Israeli raid that killed at least 11 Palestinians in…