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In Serbia and Hungary, groundswells of youthful energy topple entrenched governments

Serbia has seen a dramatic shift after President Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to student-backed candidates

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London’s Oxford Street bans traffic as city tries to revitalize shopping district

London's Oxford Street is closing to cars, buses, and bicycles starting Monday

US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño

Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy?The water was rising rapidly. It had already reached Cayni Ali’s waist. Her home, five metres from the flooded River Juba in southern Somalia, never stood a chance. There was nowhere to go. Ali’s city of Jilib was under attack. Repeated airstrikes, said the mother of six, were pinning its population beside the rising river.“The drones come all the time,” said the 27-year-old. “We hear them constantly. They kill animals, civilians. The town is big but destruction is everywhere.” Continue reading...

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Japan's former PM Takeo Fukuda, proponent of ties with China, dies at 90

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who was an active proponent of better ties with China, has died

Swiss Ebola patient in Nigeria evacuated to Switzerland

A Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria has been medically evacuated to Switzerland with her husband