Thu 28 May 2026: An albino buffalo nicknamed “Donald Trump” has been returned to its farm after Bangladeshi officials stepped in to stop its planned ritual sacrifice for a Muslim holiday, local media reported on Thursday. The buffalo, raised at a farm near the capital Dhaka, became a viral attraction in recent weeks over its […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: President Donald Trump issued a stark threat to Oman on Wednesday, telling the Gulf country to “behave” or face attack from the US. “Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we’ll have to blow them up. They understand that. They’ll be fine,” the president said in remarks during a Cabinet […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: ‘Stopping this Ebola transmission depends entirely on humanitarian access,’ said Tedros, the WHO chief. The World Health Organization chief has warned that the conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak. “Eastern DRC now faces a catastrophic collision of disease […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: Police have entered the headquarters of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) in Madrid as part of an investigation into possible financial wrongdoing, according to local media reports. Police officers entered the PSOE premises on Wednesday, the Reuters news agency reported, quoting a Civil Guard spokesperson. The Civil Guard told The […]
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Wed 27 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ New laws for workers in SA: Broadly, the laws aim to regulate the employment of foreign nationals and “enhance job opportunities for South African citizens”. The Bill amends the Employment Services Act 4 of 2014 to address rising unemployment and the high […]
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Wed 27 May 2026: The UK government rejected demand from the Scottish parliament for a second independence referendum, saying there is “no consensus” for another vote, according to media reports published Tuesday. The motion agreed at Holyrood said the Scottish parliament election result earlier this month provided a “clear mandate that decisions about Scotland’s future […]
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Monique Bitu Bingi, one of the plaintiffs in the case, holds holds a photo of herself as a young girl before she was forcibly removed from her parents. Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP Wed 27 May 2026: The Belgian government lost a final appeal on Friday over a verdict that declared the forced placement of five women into […]
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Wed 27 May 2026: The Russian lower chamber of parliament, the State Duma, approved on Tuesday in its second reading a government-backed bill that would prohibit the deportation of foreign nationals who have participated in combat operations as part of the Russian armed forces. According to the draft legislation published on the Duma’s website, the […]
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Wed 27 May 2026: Australian Federal Police have not made any arrests but say inquiries are ongoing. A group of 19 women and children with alleged links to ISIL (ISIS) has returned to Australia, with the government warning that anyone found to have engaged in criminal activity will be prosecuted. The six women and 13 […]
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Tue 26 May 2026: The UK has provisionally recorded its hottest May day on record for the second day in a row, with temperatures reaching 35 °C (95 °F) at Heathrow and Kew Gardens, according to an update Tuesday from the Met Office. The reading also marks the earliest point in the year that the […]
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