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NewsFeedVideos show Nepal’s parliament on fire as protests continue, with Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and other top ministers resigning over mass anti-corruption unrest that left at least 19 people dead.Published On 9 Sep 20259 Sep 2025

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened its war crimes case against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony in its first-ever confirmation of charges hearing without the accused present. The proceedings mark a historic moment for the court and could serve as a test case for future prosecutions of high-profile suspects who currently appear to be beyond its reach.Despite an arrest warrant issued 20 years ago, Kony, the founder and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has managed to evade arrest.He faces 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, sexual enslavement, abduction and forcing thousands…

45 Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Monday visited former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, following reports that Malami’s convoy was attacked. Atiku, who expressed solidarity with Malami, strongly condemned the incident and warned against what he described as the growing wave of politically motivated violence targeting leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). He said the development poses a serious danger to Nigeria’s democratic process and must not be allowed to escalate. Nigeria has a long history of electoral violence, often triggered by rivalry among political parties, intense competition…

For many, the adage that “with age comes experience” is seen as a roadblock, not only in the workplace but also with personal goals. While those who view themselves this way might seem overconfident, some individuals refuse to allow age to hinder their success. Fergus White is not one of them. Feeling Like an Imposter in the Ivy Tower Fergus White arrived at the University of Edinburgh at 16 and was often surrounded by peers who had grown up with privilege. “Being so young, I’ve felt that I have a need to push myself further,” White says. At a university,…

The Observer’s Rory Smith and BBC Sport chief football news reporter Simon Stone discuss what went wrong for Cameroonian goalkeeper Andre Onana at Manchester United, as he gets set to join Turkish side Trabzonspor on loan.Watch the Monday Night Club on BBC iPlayer, and listen on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

Suzanne BearneTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesNewspapers are banking on online revenue to replace falling circulationWhen actress Sorcha Cusack left the BBC drama Father Brown in January, it made headlines, including for the newspapers owned by Reach, among them The Mirror, and the Daily Express.But the story did not generate the traction the Reach newspapers would have expected a year ago, or even at the start of the year.Reach put this down to AI Overviews (AIO) – the AI summary at the top of the Google results page.Instead of clicking through to the story on a Reach newspaper site, readers were happy with…

Burning on England’s deep peat will be banned in order to restore habitats for rare wildlife and reduce air pollution and flooding, the government has said.England’s peatlands are in poor shape due to having been drained, burned, intensively drained and used as grouse moors. They naturally act like a sponge, with layers of moss and other vegetation, and store vast amounts of carbon: an estimated 3.2bn tonnes in the UK alone.When they are in a dried-out state, they do not hold water, which can contribute to flooding of communities downstream. They also release carbon into the atmosphere, rather than storing…

Filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho is known for directing some of South Korea’s biggest commercial hits of screens large and small, such as the zombie blockbuster Train to Busan (a $140 million box-office smash), or breakthrough Netflix series like Hellbound and Parasyte: The Grey. But the director’s most recent feature, The Ugly, was made for a mere $160,000. A miraculous feat of independent filmmaking amid Korea’s increasingly hyper-commercialized entertainment sector, the period thriller nonetheless has all of the gloss and production prowess of a midbudget studio feature. Yeon fully self-financed the film, which he also wrote, through his production outfit Wow Point,…

The minister praised the Tinubu administration for confronting long-standing economic distortions head-on, particularly the removal of fuel subsidies and the unification of multiple exchange rates. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Wale Edun, has warned West African countries against depending on external assistance to finance their development. Speaking at the 11th Annual Conference and General Assembly of the West Africa Association of Public Accounts Committees (WAAPAC) in Abuja on Monday, Mr Edun said dwindling global support, rising debt costs, and shrinking fiscal space leave Africa with only one option: to rely on internal reforms, domestic revenue growth,…

Uganda and Algeria have signed a cooperation agreement that will see the North African nation provide $13.7 million (about Shs50 billion) to expand and rehabilitate Katakwi General Hospital. The deal was formalized in Algiers on Tuesday by Uganda’s Finance Minister Matia Kasaija and Algerian Finance Minister Abdelkarim Bouzred, under the framework of Algeria’s International Cooperation for Solidarity and Development Agency. Kasaija hailed the agreement as a milestone in the growing partnership between the two countries, saying the Katakwi project would greatly improve healthcare delivery for more than 500,000 people across eastern Uganda. “This project will significantly transform health care delivery…