Kaumi Gazette

Headlines

Several injured after sword attack at Swedish school

21 August, 2026

Several people have been injured after a sword attack at a high school in Sweden, local authorities say.Police said they had arrested one man after the incident at Brinell School in Fagersta, central Sweden.Officers were called to the scene just after 14:00 local time (13:00 BST) on Friday, with some reports in Swedish media saying

Headlines

Rosenberg: Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war

21 August, 2026

To stay calm in the queue Lyubov is stroking her pet dog Agatha.How does Lyubov view the fuel crisis?”Everyone says there is a difficult situation in the country,” Lyubov tells me. “Everyone connects this to that situation.”Before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 there were no drone attacks on Russian oil refineries – or

Headlines

Bodies of two mountaineers discovered after Swiss glacier melts

21 August, 2026

The bodies of two Belgian men who went missing in the Swiss Alps in 1992 have been discovered after being exposed by the melting of a glacier, police have said. A hiker discovered the bodies on 26 July on the Trift Glacier, south of the Swiss city of Lucerne, officials said.DNA analysis later confirmed them

Headlines

El Niño set to be ‘strongest in living memory’, says Met Office

21 August, 2026

Heat is released from the ocean into the atmosphere, lifting global temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns.Scientists declare an El Niño when sea surface temperatures in a key area of the Pacific are 0.5C or more above average.Current measurements show that they are well over 2C above normal.Latest forecasts from the Met Office suggest that these

Headlines

British rapper Yung Filly to face retrial on rape charges in Australia

21 August, 2026

British rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on three rape charges in Australia, after a jury cleared him of several sexual assault offences but could not reach a decision on others. The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was charged with repeatedly raping and assaulting a fan after performing at a

Headlines

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square activists guilty in national security trial

21 August, 2026

Lee and Chow were also leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance (HKA).The HKA was founded in May 1989 to support students holding pro-democracy rallies. Weeks later, the Communist Party crushed pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square with troops and tanks. Estimates of the death toll range from a few hundred to many thousands.Over the

Headlines

Nigeria’s PDP: Why one-time political giant may face extinction

21 August, 2026

Internal power struggles, factionalism, insistence that power rotates through the regions and disciplinary measures have all added to the sense of disillusionment within the party.The PDP has been robbed of high-profile figures and talent, including the loss of former Vice-President Atiku Aubakar last year.The crisis was intensified by a debilitating leadership tussle.In November 2025, a

Headlines

Jailed Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan taken to hospital for treatment

21 August, 2026

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been taken to a hospital in the capital, Islamabad, following complaints about his poor health.Khan was taken from Adiala jail and sent to Shifa International Hospital under heavy security, according to his party. There is yet to be official confirmation he has been transferred.The move complied with a

Headlines

US says sanctions will ‘squash’ Iran’s economy and ‘collapse’ its regime

21 August, 2026

The Iranian economy has long been struggling under the weight of decades of international sanctions, which left it in tatters.Earlier this year, Iran experienced weeks of protests due to the spiralling cost of living and inflation – with everyday Iranians blaming the regime for their difficulties.Official figures show that in the 12 months to February

Headlines

Como mayor bans bikes in city centre after being hit by one

20 August, 2026

The mayor of Como has banned riding bicycles in certain areas of the historic Italian city after he was hit by an electric one. Alessandro Rapinese said the ban was necessary to improve public safety. It means from September, cyclists will have to dismount through an area of around 30 streets.He told Italian news agency

Headlines

Togo charges two French journalists over incorrect documents, rights group says

20 August, 2026

The two French journalists detained in Togo since last month have been charged with “false declarations” despite having the correct documents to work there, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said.Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani had been filming a documentary in Kara, northern Togo, for France Télévisions when they were arrested on 27 July, the

Headlines

Assad officer extradited to Syria on war crimes charges for first time

20 August, 2026

Lebanon has handed Syria a former general who served under the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, in the first extradition of its kind since his government fell.Maj Gen Adel Issa, 67, is accused of a raft of crimes allegedly committed during the Syrian civil war, which ended in December 2024 when rebel forces took the

Headlines

Liberia’s former Vice-President Jewel Howard-Taylor charged in drug-trafficking probe

20 August, 2026

Howard-Tayor faces charges including the unlicensed importation, sale and transportation of controlled drugs, illicit trafficking, criminal solicitation and criminal facilitation.Police have charged three foreign nationals – two Croatians and one Ukrainian – in absentia as part of their investigation. They are accused of being part of the same network as the former politician. Liberian Justice

Headlines

Four workers dead after being hit by train in Japan

20 August, 2026

Four workers in Japan have died after being struck by a train at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, authorities say.The collision happened around 10:46 local time (01:46 GMT) while the workers were removing weeds from the train tracks, local media reported.When emergency services arrived at the scene three workers were trapped under the train, while

Headlines

Russia unleashes ‘massive attack’ on Kyiv, killing at least eight

20 August, 2026

Kyiv has been battered in near nightly-attacks in recent weeks, with some strikes resulting in dozens of deaths and serious injuries.More than a dozen regions have been targeted across Ukraine over the past week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, with Russia launching more than 1,550 attack drones, 1,560 guide aerial bombs and 62 missiles Ukraine.Ukraine has

Headlines

Missing teen hiker found dead in Australian bush after eight-day search

20 August, 2026

The body of a woman has been found in Australian bushland, following an eight-day search for a Sydney teenager reported missing last Wednesday.Police said that while the body was yet to be formally identified, it was believed to be that of 18-year-old Lily Hooper. The confirmation came after local media reported that she had been

Headlines

Trump threatens ‘tremendous economic consequences’ on any country helping Iran

20 August, 2026

President Donald Trump has announced the US will inflict “TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences” on any country that helps or does business with Iran.He wrote in all capital letters on Truth Social he was launching “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country!” He gave no further details, and did not name any other nation.

Headlines

Zomi Frankcom: Australia ‘outraged’ after Israeli decision not to prosecute over killing of aid worker in Gaza

20 August, 2026

Australia’s foreign minister has said she is “outraged” over an Israeli government decision not to prosecute those responsible for the death of aid worker Zomi Frankcom, who was killed in an IDF strike.Frankcom was an Australian aid worker with World Central Kitchen who was killed in Gaza with six other colleagues by an Israeli airstrike

Headlines

Canada and US say they are finalising a trade deal, but details remain murky

20 August, 2026

The US, meanwhile, has been asking for a number of concessions from Canada, including removing its remaining retaliatory tariffs on American autos and adjusting its dairy quotas to allow greater access for US cheese producers.It has also asked for the ban on US alcohol sales, imposed last year by most Canadian provinces in retaliation to

Headlines

Israel opens up tenders for controversial West Bank settlement project

19 August, 2026

Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem – land Palestinians want, along with Gaza, for a hoped-for future state – during the 1967 Middle East war. An estimated 3.3 million Palestinians live alongside them.Despite the fierce international opposition, successive Israeli governments have allowed settlements

Headlines

Trump administration to soon begin targeting Ethiopians for deportation

19 August, 2026

A federal judge has decided the Trump administration can go ahead with cancelling Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which provides humanitarian protections to immigrants, for roughly 5,000 Ethiopians living in the US.”Those with terminated TPS are in our nation ILLEGALLY,” the homeland security department posted on X after the ruling. “They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY

Headlines

Helicopter crashes at Mount Ololokwe in Kenya, killing six people

19 August, 2026

A helicopter has crashed in central Kenya at Mount Ololokwe in Samburu county, killing all six people on board, air accident officials have told the BBC.The Aircraft Accident Investigation Department said the identities of those on board were yet to be confirmed. Local media is reporting that the helicopter was carrying tourists.The Kenya Civil Aviation

Headlines

Apparent human remains found in US reservoir as water levels hit record low

19 August, 2026

A woman and her friend spotted the bones while visiting the Nevada side of the reservoir, which is located on the border with Arizona.Dianelis Molina Cruz told CBS affiliate KLAS: “My friend was playing with the rocks in the lake, and then he grabbed the jaw. And when he looked, he saw the teeth and

Headlines

Sacked Ukrainian defence minister calls for presidential election

19 August, 2026

Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for wartime elections, in what is widely seen as the biggest challenge to Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidency since Russia’s full-scale invasion four and a half years ago.”Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia,” said Fedorov, 35, in a video posted to YouTube on Tuesday, adding that Ukraine is

Headlines

Top stories

UP Politics

India

World

Analysis

Explainers

Fact Check

Latest News

Latest stories