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Ecuador has $65 billion in public debt and the IMF says it's economy will shrink by 6.3% in 2020
World
17.08.2024
Ecuador's creditors accept debt restructure plan
Protestors at the Harry Potter-themed rally vowed to 'cast a spell' for democracy
World
17.08.2024
Thais 'cast a spell' for democracy in Harry Potter-theme protest
Sandaga, one of Dakar's main trading centres, drew people from around the West African region
World
17.08.2024
Excavation begins at historic Dakar market in renovation project
Afghan soldiers arrive during an attack on a prison in Jalalabad. At least 29 people have been killed in fighting at the jail, which houses 1,700 Islamic State and Taliban inmates
World
17.08.2024
Prison raid mars relative calm in Afghanistan after ceasefire
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For many girls like Linnet, left, hopes of ever returning to school will be fully dashed once they give birth
World 17.08.2024
In Kenya, alarm over rise in teen pregnancies during pandemic
Djokhar Tsarnaev, 27, was sentenced to death in 2015 for planting two home-made bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013, killing three people and injuring 264 others
World 17.08.2024
Trump calls for new death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley seen carrying out final preparations in the SpaceX "Endeavour" which should land off the coast of Pensacola at 2:48 pm (1848 GMT)
World 17.08.2024
America's first crewed spaceship in decade splashes down off Florida
A mural depicts US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad (L) and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Under the US-Taliban deal, 'intra-Afghan' talks were to start in March but hit delays amid political infighting in Kabul
World 17.08.2024
Afghan govt urges Taliban to extend ceasefire
A man sits by the body of a relative who died after apparently drinking toxic moonshine. Dozens of people in Punjab's Tarn Taran district have died after consuming illicit booze in recent days
World 17.08.2024
India bootleg alcohol death toll rises to 98 as families mourn
A fan with a tattoo of Amitabh Bachchan on his arm takes part in a ceremony praying for the Bollywood star's recovery from coronavirus in Kolkata
World 17.08.2024
Bollywood star Bachchan discharged after catching coronavirus
A woman prepares sand bags for the residents of Palmetto Bay near Miami as Florida prepares for the impact of Isaias
World 17.08.2024
Florida braces for hurricane conditions as Isaias approaches
A worker refills oxygen cylinders at a factory in Taji district north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, before delivering them to hospitals amid the COVID-19 pandemic
World 17.08.2024
For Iraqi mothers-to-be, hospitals are pandemic no-go zones
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he will pick a woman as his running mate
World 17.08.2024
Suspense surrounds Biden's upcoming VP selection
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