Hair and beauty salons across Afghanistan will close in the coming weeks on the Taliban’s orders. Their closure will lead to the loss of an estimated 60,000 jobs. Salons had
A pod of 55 whales may have become stranded on a beach in the Western Isles after trying to help a female which was having difficult giving birth, scientists believe,
A new criminal indictment could be coming for Donald Trump. On Tuesday, the former US president said he expected to be arrested in connection with the federal investigation into the
An aviation company plans to run commercial flights using an electric engine that creates no carbon emissions by 2025. ZeroAvia has flown nine test flights with its hydrogen-electric engine at
By the time you finish reading this article, the chances are that another Nigerian has attempted to set some kind of world record in a frenzy that has gripped Africa’s
Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a big step this week to warm relations with the West, in a quick political pivot that comes as Turkey’s president looks for solutions to a
In a clear sign of their seriousness to end the escalating conflict in Sudan, four East African states, led by Kenya, are pushing for the deployment of a regional force
Standing destitute in the street with her one-year old baby strapped to her back, Louise Fallone describes the moment when masked attackers broke into her home in the Tunisian coastal
Udeni Kaluthantri, a 54-year-old port worker, became an overnight sensation last year for reasons that had nothing to do with his job. Days after protesters stormed the presidential palace in
Texas and part of the south-west of the US are enduring a searing heatwave. At one point, more than 120 million Americans were under some form of heat advisory, the