Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1224 EAT on Wednesday 21 October 2026 The hug offered by US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of talks in Oslo is unlikely to have eased the Ukrainian leader’s concerns about the direction of US policy towards his war-ravaged country. Zelensky…
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UN experts urge India to end ‘excessive force’ against protesters.
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1150 EAT on Wednesday 21 October 2026 UN experts have urged the Indian government to end the use of “excessive force” against opposition and student protesters following a crackdown on demonstrations across the country. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the 24 independent experts called for an impartial…
Albania protests enter seventh day amid violent clashes with police
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1313 EAT on Tursday 20 October 2026 Protesters in Albania clashed with riot police for the seventh consecutive day on Monday, as demonstrations against Prime Minister Edi Rama intensified. The protesters, many of them high school and university students, are demanding Rama’s resignation. Official figures showed that 295…
14 killed in collapse at illegal gold mine in Colombia
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1234 EAT on Tuesday 20 October 2026 The collapse of an illegal gold mine in southwestern Colombia has killed 14 people and injured seven others, local authorities said on Monday. The accident occurred in the rural Chambero area of Santa Bárbara de Iscuandé municipality, in Nariño Department. Search…
Iganga businessman arrested for faking Shs 5m robbery
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1205 EAT on Tuesday 20 October 2026 Police in Iganga have arrested businessman Mawazi Waiswa for allegedly fabricating an aggravated robbery in which he claimed to have lost Shs 4.7 million. Waiswa is being held at Iganga Central Police Station pending further investigations and possible prosecution, according to…
French government under fire after weekend of widespread violence.
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1106 EAT on Monday 19 October 2026 France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is holding an emergency cabinet meeting on Monday to assess a weekend of violence and looting across the country, in what have been described as some of the worst scenes of public disorder in modern French…
Pope makes first major public appearance since lung cancer surgery.
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1053 EAT on Monday 19 October 2026 Pope Leo XIV has thanked about 15,000 Catholic faithful who gathered in St Peter’s Square for his Sunday address, marking his first major public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery. “Now that this delicate phase is behind me, I will gradually…
Heavy rains flood Istanbul, leaving teenager dead
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1216 EAT on Thursday 15 October 2026 A 14-year-old boy has died after torrential rain battered Istanbul, flooding hundreds of homes, causing roads to cave in and bringing traffic to a near standstill in Türkiye’s largest city. Footage verified by Al Jazeera shows surveillance camera images capturing the…
