The UN refugee agency has warned of an ‘unmarked graveyard for thousands of desperate Rohingya refugees’ in South Asia Published On 17 Apr 202617 Apr 2026 The United Nations refugee agency has revealed that nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported dead or missing in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea in 2025. This … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. The tally was changed “after a verification exercise and a … Read more
The World Food Programme is warning that 318 million people will face critical levels of hunger next year. The United Nations agency says that is double the number from 2019. What is behind this worsening crisis that is putting so many people in danger? Presenter: Adrian Finighan Guests: Jean-Martin Bauer – director of food security … Read more
Heatwave in China has seen surge in energy demand with increased sales of air conditioners and handheld fans. The number of high-temperature days China has experienced since mid-March is the highest on record, an official from the China Meteorological Administration said. The administration said on Wednesday that 152 national weather observatories in China have recorded … Read more
Spain received 63,970 migrants and refugess who arrived through irregular routes last year, including 46,843 people in the Canary Islands. At least 46,843 people reached Spain’s Canary Islands in 2024 through the increasingly deadly Atlantic migration route, the country’s interior ministry has said. The European country received 63,970 migrants who arrived through irregular routes last … Read more
Taiwan’s Defence Ministry says 56 Chinese aircraft crossed sensitive median line as Beijing carries out military drills. Taiwan has said it is watching China’s military movements after detecting the most Chinese warplanes near the island in a 24-hour window so far this year, as Beijing conducts drills that are coinciding with the NATO summit in … Read more
LA Times Guild announces one-day walk-out to protest planned layoffs. The Los Angeles Times is planning to lay off a “significant” number of journalists, the newspaper’s union has said, becoming the latest media outlet to shed employees in an era of collapsing advertising revenues. The LA Times Guild said that it would organise a one-day … Read more