This week's unfounded rumours that Kim Jong-un was in a coma, dispelled when North Korean state media released new photos of him, revived a question that matters far beyond Pyongyang: who would run a nuclear-armed state if its leader sudden
The BBC has confirmed that it will end the live, scheduled broadcasts of several of its services next year, including BBC Three, BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4 Extra, Variety reported. The move is part of a drive to save £500 million by 2028.
Residents in several communities east of Pretoria, South Africa's capital, have been told not to drink or cook with tap water after 408 people fell ill, most of them children under four, according to the BBC. Officials say the illnesses wer
A woman died after a shark attack at Orient Beach in KuGompo City, South Africa, on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality responded by closing Orient Beach and nearby Eastern Beach until further n
Myanmar's military-backed government has released the first photos in two months of detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, saying officials delivered a package to her from King Charles III. Critics say the episode is part of a push by the
Voters in Alberta, Canada's oil-rich province, overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin a process toward independence, according to early unofficial results from Elections Alberta reported Tuesday. The outcome gives Prime Minister Mark C
Dame Esther Rantzen, the broadcaster and founder of Childline, left a final message urging supporters of assisted dying to keep pushing for a change in the law. The note was released after her death and after her funeral, the Oxford Mail re
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to travel to Norway this week for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, Reuters reported on Oct. 19, citing people familiar with the matter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to take part,
A court in the Kenyan city of Mombasa has found self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie and several of his associates guilty of murder in the deaths of 191 people, Al Jazeera reported. The Independent said the victims were 190 children and on
Claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un suffered a brain haemorrhage, fell into a coma and was secretly taken to China for treatment are spreading on social media and in the British tabloid The Sun. There is no reliable confirmation: ne
A court in Mombasa, Kenya, has found self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie guilty of murder over the deaths of 191 people, nearly all of them children. Al Jazeera reported that 28 associates were convicted alongside him, while The Independe
A drone strike on Sunday evening killed 80 people in the town of al-Dibab in Sudan's West Kordofan state, most of them commuters waiting for rides home after market day, the Guardian reported. It is one of the deadliest single strikes of a