Politics

Home Office figures show 42 percent of offences targeted Muslims, while 23 percent were against Jews.

South Africa’s freight and rail operator Transnet called on strikers to ‘consider the long-term consequences’.

Human rights group says public flogging in BJP-ruled Gujarat shows the police’s ‘utter disrespect towards rule of law’.

The Uganda outbreak has been attributed to the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine.

A former policeman killed dozens of people, including 23 children, in a knife-and-gun rampage at a daycare center.

Sweden’s domestic security agency says evidence at the site has been seized and ‘will now be examined’.

The United States labour market remains tight even as demand for labour cools as interest rates climb.

National Grid warns of planned blackouts if UK is unable to import electricity from Europe and increase gas imports.

Prime Minister Ariel Henry says fuel subsidies would be eliminated, causing prices to double

Reserve Bank of New Zealand raises the benchmark rate by half a percentage point in fifth straight outsized hike.

Deputy economy minister says chipmaking requires collaboration to ensure a ‘very resilient supply chain’.

Electricity supply restored after the country plunged into a blackout following the failure of its national power grid.

Swiss bank’s plummeting share price has invited comparisons to the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis.

Latest weapons package, including four more HIMARS rocket launchers, comes as Ukraine military continues its advance.

Paid leave for menstrual pain should not substitute investments in health research for women and ethnic minorities.

Egyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.