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Bracing for Typhoon Molave, Vietnam prepares to evacuate 1.3 million people

The fast-moving typhoon lashed Philippines overnight, leaving at least 13 people missing, forcing thousands of villagers to flee.

North Korea's Kim apologises over killing of South Korean

South Korea has accused Pyongyang of fatally shooting one of its public servants, who was likely trying to defect, and burning his body after finding him on a floating object in North Korean waters earlier this week.

North Korean soldiers shoot dead suspected South Korean defector

Seoul says the suspected defector was killed at sea and his body burned as a coronavirus precaution after he was interrogated in the water over several hours.

European Union stunt with Brexit is a suicide pill

Panicky and desperate moves by Brussels to bully Boris Johnson are going to backfire.

Cyclone Amphan death toll rises to 84 in India, Bangladesh

Cyclone Amphan has reportedly killed 72 people in India and 12 in Bangladesh. Most of the deaths were due to the collapse of walls, drowning and falling trees in both countries.

In Yemen, 50,000 infants die every year, rebel group reports

The years-long conflict coupled with the Saudi-led economic blockade has fuelled famine and disease, affecting children the most.

The lifelong consequences of a little-known Nigeria-Cameroon land dispute

When the International Court of Justice handed over a contested, oil-rich peninsula to Cameroon, a decade-long nightmare began for its Nigerian residents.

Tunisian fishermen can either ignore drowning migrants or face the law

Fishermen in the Tunisian town of Zarzis have been frontline actors in saving migrant lives at sea even though their humanitarian assistance is increasingly being compromised by hostile European migration policies.

Yemen war forces children to take up menial jobs

As the conflict entered its fifth year on Tuesday, figures showed at least half a million children have dropped out of school with many doing odd jobs to sustain themselves and their families.

How big oil corporations are destroying life in Nigeria's Ogoniland

Since 2009, devastating oil spills have exposed thousands of fishermen and farmers in the oil-rich kingdom to toxic substances, affecting their health and destroying their farmlands and rivers. The clean-up process, however, is too slow.

Theresa May’s Brexit deal is a public relations gift to the European Union

The Brexit deal that Theresa May's team negotiated leaves the UK in such a weak position that other countries thinking of leaving the EU will be seriously reconsidering.

'Miracle' as New Zealand baby rescued from sea

Gus Hutt was preparing for an early morning fish when he saw what appeared to be a doll bobbing past him in a rip current at Matata Beach in the North Island's Bay of Plenty.