South Africa’s Sharpeville massacre survivors start legal fight for justice and compensation
The 1961 Indemnity Act was passed by the apartheid government in the wake of the massacre and protected the police and government from having criminal charges or even civil claims brought against them in relation to what happened at Sharpeville. Despite…
Ceuta crisis: ‘No evidence Morocco behind border surge’
There is no evidence Morocco was behind the mass influx of migrants that overwhelmed the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in July, Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez told lawmakers Thursday. Sanchez’s comments followed a police report that emerged this week saying…
Gloria Steinem: Feminist activist and journalist dies at 92
Gloria Steinem, who became a face of the women’s liberation movement in the US, has died, aged 92, her foundation says. In a post on Instagram, it said she «passed away peacefully» at her home in New York City, «surrounded by many who loved her».…
Tunisia’s top court set to rule in ‘conspiracy against the state’ case
In Tunisia, the Court of Cassation is set to issue its final ruling in the “conspiracy against the state” case. In April 2025, 37 people – most of them prominent political figures opposed to President Kais Saied – were sentenced to prison in connection…
More than 80 migrants feared dead after boat rescued off Canary Islands
More than 80 people, including a baby, are feared to have died in a boat which was adrift in the Atlantic Ocean for 27 days. Spanish Maritime Rescue teams located the vessel some 65 nautical miles southwest of Gran Canaria’s coastal town of…
China lambasts France’s ‘discriminatory’ fast-fashion law
China urged France on Thursday to abandon its recently implemented law on ultra-fast fashion, lambasting the new measure targeting major Asian e-commerce platforms including Shein and Temu as «clearly discriminatory». The law, which came into effect on…
Embattled Spanish PM Sánchez insists no prior warnings before Ceuta crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said no-one foresaw the influx of 72,000 migrants in the exclave of Ceuta, as pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis. «It’s absurd to think that the government knew and did nothing,» Sánchez told…
No ‘solid proof’ Morocco planned Ceuta migrant rush, says Spanish PM Sanchez
Spain has found no evidence to conclude that July’s deadly border rush from Morocco into its enclave of Ceuta was orchestrated or carried out by Moroccan authorities, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told lawmakers on Thursday. Sanchez’s…
USS Abraham Lincoln: US sailors unwind in Thailand by shopping and bar-hopping
Night, though, is where this resort city comes into its own and puts on a riotous spectacle of neon, noise and naughty bars. Local businesses have been hoping to benefit from the sailors’ nine months of unspent salary while at sea – but…
Churchillian moment? Macron in Britain amid scramble to boost European defence – The Debate
What can an Eleventh Century comic strip about the Norman Conquest of England tell us about the spectre of seachange in 2026 Europe? France’s president on hand for the hottest ticket in London, the first-ever cross-Channel visit of the Bayeux Tapestry……