Yemen rebels prepare to leave key port

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Houthi supporters at a rally in the capital Sanaa, last month Yemen’s Houthi rebels are preparing to withdraw from a key strategic port, in the first major step since a ceasefire agreement signed in December. Both the H… Read...

Cuba steps up rationing amid shortages

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Cubans have posted online about the problems using the hashtag #lacolachallenge, or queue challenge Cuba has announced rationing of more products amid shortages it blames on the US trade embargo and hoarders. There hav… Read...

Fight breaks out in Hong Kong parliament

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Opponents and supporters of the bill clashed in the legislature Fighting erupted in Hong Kong’s legislature on Saturday over planned changes to the law allowing suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial. Several l… Read...

‘Hostages freed’ by French in Burkina Faso

Four foreign hostages have been freed by French forces in the West African country of Burkina Faso, the French government says. Two of those released were French, while the other two were said to be an American woman and a South Korean woman, it said. Two … Read...

Norwegian woman dies from puppy bite

Image copyrightBirgitte KallestadImage caption Birgitte Kallestad’s family are calling on Norway to make rabies vaccinations compulsory for citizens travelling to the Philippines A Norwegian woman has died after contracting rabies from a stray puppy in the… Read...

Venezuela lawmakers take refuge in embassies

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Opposition figure Leopoldo López took refuge in Spain’s Caracas embassy in May Three Venezuelan opposition members of parliament have taken shelter in foreign embassies after losing their congressional immunity. Th… Read...