Zimbabwean opposition leader says election was ‘gigantic fraud’
Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has called for solidarity from regional partners against a vote he called a “gigantic fraud” that returned Emmerson Mnangagwa to power in …
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Israeli airstrikes force closure of Aleppo airport, Syrian state media reports
Israeli airstrikes on Aleppo airport in northern Syria have caused the grounding of flights, the Syrian state news agency Sana has reported, citing a military …
Florida shooting: ‘White supremacy has no place in US,’ Biden says after killings
Joe Biden declared on Sunday that “white supremacy has no place in America” after three people were killed in a racist shooting in Florida and …
Australia tells big development banks to ‘lift their game’ in the Pacific
The Australian government has told big development banks to “lift their game” in the Pacific amid concerns they are approving poor-quality, cut-price projects only for …
The coup in Chile, 50 years on
There were a couple of omissions from Andy Beckett’s otherwise excellent piece on Chile (The 1973 coup against democratic socialism in Chile still matters – …
What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis
Every week we wrap up the must-reads from our coverage of the war in Ukraine, from news and features to analysis, visual guides and opinion. Yevgeny …
Madagascar: 12 killed in crush at Indian Ocean Island Games opening ceremony
Twelve people have died and about 80 have been injured in a crush as sports fans tried to enter Madagascar’s national stadium for the opening …
Serious Fraud Office drops 10-year corruption inquiry into Kazakh miner ENRC
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has abandoned a criminal investigation into the Kazakh mining group ENRC, ending a decade-long corruption inquiry mired in controversy. The SFO updated …
The Guardian view on Thaksin’s return to Thailand: dodgy deals can’t replace democracy
With enemies like this, who needs friends? After years of mutual loathing, coups, chaos and even bloodshed, the fight between Thailand’s military-royalist establishment and controversial …
Yevgeny Prigozhin: the hotdog seller who rose to the top of Putin’s war machine
t the height of Russia’s first, covert invasion of eastern Ukraine, in summer 2014, a group of senior Russian officials gathered at the defence ministry’s …