A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 people, Ukrainian officials said, one of the deadliest single-air attacks for weeks in the three-year war. Moscow has ramped up its strikes on Ukraine since the onset of winter, casting some of the attacks as retaliation for Kyiv firing on Russian territory…

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has shut down Save the Children International and 14 other NGOs in a mounting clampdown on rights and religious groups, according to decrees published Wednesday. Ortega, a 79-year-old ex-guerrilla who toppled a US-backed dictatorship in 1979 and then led the country for a decade, has shown increasingly authoritarian tendencies since returning…

A-list actors, musicians and other celebrities were among the tens of thousands of people affected by terrifying wildfires tearing through Los Angeles on Wednesday. The entertainment capital was besieged by out-of-control blazes burning on multiple fronts, with Hollywood events including a glitzy awards show and a Pamela Anderson film premiere cancelled as firefighters battled nearby…

French international goalkeeper Brice Samba has joined Rennes from their Ligue 1 rivals Lens, the two clubs announced on Wednesday. The 30-year-old Congolese-born shot-stopper, who has won three caps for France and is first-choice goalkeeper Mike Maignan's regular back-up, has signed a contract to 2029. No transfer fee was revealed for Samba, who is the…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has thrown his weight behind the party's spokesman, Mr. Felix Morka, on the faceoff between him and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi. Ganduje, in a statement Wednesday, insisted that there is no iota of truth…