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… Over 5,000 people have been arrested altogether since the start of the movement, according the AFP news agency, with around 85% of them minors. …
France closes up to 500 schools Monday over student protestsJoy Online
… According to the AFP news agency, four high schools were reported to have been blockaded in the southern regions of Alpes-Maritimes and Var. …
French PM warns against escalation of school protests after 164 arrestedJoy Online
… Somkid Pheuk-ngam, a 67-year-old who lives near a canal just north of central Bangkok, told the AFP news agency: “The water keeps coming in. …
Bangkok roads submerged as flood disaster declaredJoy Online
… An eyewitness told the AFP news agency there was thick smoke rising from the ship, but he heard no explosion. …
Twenty-five dead after fire on cargo ship in eastern ChinaThe Ghanaian Times
… William Obino, a 22-year-old traveller told the AFP news agency: “Nothing is happening, updates are reaching us late. …
Kenya airport staff strike delays thousands of passengersJoy Online
… Neighbourhood leader Lancine Sylla had earlier told the AFP news agency he feared there would be a heavy death toll. …
Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30Joy Online
… At least 10 soldiers were killed in the fighting and the assailants briefly took over the camp, the AFP news agency quoted security and local sources. …
Battle for Mali base has killed dozens of militants, army saysJoy Online
… The alleged abduction of Yonas took place on the first of three days of action against the Addis Standard, Jakken Publishing said. “Two individuals dressed in civilian clothes… violently seized me,” the AFP news agency quotes Yonas as saying in a written statement. …
Ethiopia’s Addis Standard editor Yonas Kedir allegedly abducted as rights groups warn of media crackdownJoy Online
… A carer working at the orphanage was amongst those who died, according to the AFP news agency quoting a police report. …
Air conditioner sparked deadly blaze at children’s orphanage – policeThe Chronicle
… Sarder Udoy Raihan of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre told the AFP news agency that the situation in the southeast of the country was likely to improve soon. …
Heavy rains and flash floods in Bangladesh leave 51 deadTwelve men in Vietnam were arrested after allegedly confessing to stealing and selling around 2,700 cats for slaughter. Police seized cat traps, fur removal machines, and other equipment during the investigation.
5 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Twelve men in Vietnam were arrested after allegedly confessing to stealing and selling around 2,700 cats for slaughter. Police seized cat traps, fur removal machines, and other equipment during the investigation.
5 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Up to 500 French schools will be partially or totally closed on Monday after recent clashes between riot police and student protesters over education standards. The education minister said 24 schools have been burned or ransacked, 78 staff members have been wounded, and the protests, which began last week, have spread beyond Paris to cities including Montpellier, Nantes, and Marseille.
5 October 2026 · Joy Online →
France's Prime Minister has warned against escalation of student protests over overcrowded classes and teacher shortages, after 164 people were arrested on Monday. The demonstrations, which began in Paris and have spread to other regions, have involved school blockades and reported incidents including vandalism and fireworks aimed at police.
28 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Bangkok has declared a flood emergency after more than 300mm of rain fell since Thursday, submerging roads and overwhelming the drainage system. The city governor warned flooding is not yet over, with more heavy rain forecast through the week, though no casualties have been reported so far.
27 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Residents in Riyadh received air raid alerts and explosions were reported in the Saudi capital after the Iran-backed Houthis escalated attacks. It was the first such alert in Riyadh since the Houthis declared a "maritime embargo" in July and seized control of the strategic port city of Mokha and Perim Island.
19 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Twenty-five people were killed in a fire aboard a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked at a shipyard in Qingdao, China; of 42 people on board, 17 were evacuated with five in stable hospital condition. The cause of the fire remains unclear.
10 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A large sinkhole estimated at 30 feet by 30 feet has opened outside a Malibu home reportedly belonging to actor Nicolas Cage after heavy rain caused the driveway to collapse. Emergency services responded when the structural failure caused a gas leak, which was later secured; no injuries were reported.
10 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Aviation sector workers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi are on a nationwide go-slow strike to demand better working conditions and implementation of a previously agreed deal, causing flight delays of more than six hours, cancellations, and stranding hundreds of passengers.
1 September 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
A mound of rubbish collapsed at a major waste site in Guinea's capital, Conakry, killing at least 30 people and injuring 22 others following heavy rain. The government has deployed military personnel and resources to search for survivors at the site in the Dar-es-Salam area.
24 August 2026 · Joy Online →
A 14-year-old student shot dead his grandparents at home and then opened fire at his school in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, killing eight people total before taking his own life. Police say the teenager taught himself how to use a gun via social media and consumed violent online content, alongside anxiety over studies, family issues, and peer conflict.
10 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Mali's military said it repelled an attack by jihadist group JNIM on a base in San on Sunday, killing around 40 militants, though the army also suffered casualties and soldiers had to "retreat temporarily." The two-hour assault began around 05:00 local time, with attackers arriving on motorcycles and foot, some disguised in army uniforms.
10 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Yonas Kedir, editor-in-chief of The Addis Standard, was allegedly abducted and assaulted by security forces last Saturday and held for 24 hours, according to the news outlet's owner. Rights groups say the incident is part of a pattern of targeting independent media in Ethiopia.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
A fire at a children's orphanage in Algiers killed 11 people and injured 19 others early Thursday, caused by an electrical spark from a faulty air-conditioning unit that had been running continuously in summer heat, according to police forensic investigators.
19 July 2026 · Joy Online →
At least 51 people have died and more than a million been affected by heavy rainfall, flash floods, and landslides across Bangladesh in recent days. Twenty-eight of the deaths occurred in Cox's Bazar, where a large Rohingya refugee population lives, while the capital Dhaka also experienced significant flooding.
14 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
At least 51 people have died and more than a million affected by heavy rainfall in Bangladesh in recent days, with thousands losing their homes to flash floods and landslides across the country including the capital Dhaka. Experts warn that climate change has made rainfall more intense and frequent, though Bangladesh regularly experiences heavy monsoon season rain and flooding.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The remains of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were carried through the holiest Shia shrines in Iraq—the mausoleums of Imam Ali in Najaf and Imam Hussein in Karbala—as funeral ceremonies entered their fifth day, with burial scheduled for Thursday in Mashhad, Iran.
8 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Two 13-year-old girls were seriously injured during an incident at a secondary school in Upper Bavaria, Germany, and a 16-year-old suspect was arrested. Police said the suspect was carrying a knife and firearm and believe they acted alone, with neither girl in life-threatening condition.
8 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Two days of violence at Negombo Prison in western Sri Lanka have killed 26 people, including seven guards, and injured more than 100. The riots began with clashes between inmate groups on Sunday and escalated on Monday when inmates tried to rush the prison gates; authorities say the violence was reportedly triggered by a clash over an inmate informing on a drug trafficking operation.
7 July 2026 · Joy Online →
FIFA has reversed its policy to ban fans from bringing refillable water bottles into World Cup venues, citing safety grounds. The change forces supporters to purchase bottled water, though FIFA states that hydration stations and cooling tents will be available.
5 June 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Oscar-nominated German director Wim Wenders has withdrawn his 1975 film Wrong Move from all distribution and exhibition after actress Nastassja Kinski appealed for its removal, citing that she was filmed topless when she was 13 and felt unprotected. Wenders apologized unreservedly, saying the actress "should have been better protected back then."
3 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A devastating blast in Kaung Tat village in Shan State, Myanmar, killed at least 55 people and wounded dozens more on Sunday. The Ta'ang National Liberation Army, which controls the area, attributed the explosion to mining and quarrying explosives that detonated accidentally around 12:00 local time.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A Kenyan court has halted US plans to open a 50-bed Ebola isolation centre for American citizens in Kenya, which a rights group warned posed grave and imminent public health risks. The facility was set to open on Friday and be staffed by US medics, but a High Court judge barred its operation until the case is heard.
29 May 2026 · Joy Online →
An explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province killed at least 82 people and injured more than 120, China's worst mining disaster in more than 15 years. Authorities say the operator, Tongzhou Group, committed "serious illegal violations," and the company has been ordered to halt work at all four of its coal mines in the province.
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The WHO's expert panel is meeting to discuss vaccine options for a new Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, where the death toll has risen to an estimated 131 from 513 suspected cases, prompting the WHO to declare an international health emergency.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The World Health Organisation has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province a public health emergency of international concern. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus with 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths reported, has spread to Uganda with two confirmed cases and poses risk of broader regional spread.
19 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
US President Donald Trump warned Iran the "clock is ticking" as negotiations to end the war have stalled, stating they must move "FAST or there won't be anything left of them." Iran's foreign ministry said it had responded to the latest US proposal and exchanges with Washington were continuing through Pakistani mediators, though Iranian media reported the US had failed to make concrete concessions.
18 May 2026 · Joy Online →