INTERNATIONAL

At least one bomb has exploded near a market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, officials and residents say. A blast hit a vehicle loading area at the Kantin Kwari textile market. Boko Haram militants are suspected of carrying out the attack. Eyewitnesses said the market was hit by two blasts. At least seven people died and 30 were ...

The CIA carried out “brutal” interrogations of terror suspects in the years after the 9/11 attacks on the US, a US Senate report has said. The summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee report said the CIA misled Americans on the effectiveness of “enhanced interrogation”. The interrogation was poorly managed and unreliable, the report said. President Obama has previously said that ...

British businessman Shrien Dewani has been cleared of murdering his wife during their South Africa honeymoon, after the judge threw out the case. Judge Jeanette Traverso said the evidence presented by the prosecution fell “far below the threshold” of what a reasonable court could convict on. She said the evidence of the prosecution’s main witness was “riddled with contradictions”. Anni’s ...

A maid in Uganda who was secretly filmed beating and kicking a toddler has pleaded guilty to torture. Jolly Tumuhirwe, 22, was charged in court with the torture of a girl of 18 months. A video of the assault caused outrage when it was posted online. The child’s father, Eric Kamanzi, had installed a camera in his home after noticing ...

Typhoon Hagupit has weakened as it continues to slowly sweep across the Philippines, causing some damage. At least three people have been killed since the storm made landfall on Saturday but it does not appear to have been as severe as many had feared. Around a million people have taken shelter in evacuation centres. But correspondents say Hagupit is nowhere ...

At least one of 43 Mexican students who went missing in Guerrero state has been identified from charred remains, an official says. A family member of one of the students, Alexander Mora, confirmed that the remains identified were his. The relative said the family had received the information from a team of forensic experts. The students were allegedly seized by ...

Typhoon Hagupit is sweeping across the eastern Philippines, toppling trees and power lines and threatening coastal areas with a powerful sea-surge. More than half a million people have fled coastal villages in the area, which was still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan last year. In Tacloban, where thousands were killed by Haiyan, roofs have been blown away and streets are flooded. ...

Protests have been held for a second night over the death of a black man held in an apparent chokehold by a white New York police officer. Thousands of people took to the streets in New York and other US cities, disrupting traffic and holding sit-ins. The protests began on Wednesday, after a grand jury decided not to press charges ...

Kenyan police say they have cracked a cyber crime centre run by 77 Chinese nationals from upmarket homes in the capital, Nairobi. Police believe they were involved in hacking and money laundering. The group has been remanded in custody for five days to allow for further investigations. The foreign ministry summoned a Chinese diplomat to discuss the arrests. A Chinese ...

Millions of litres of crude oil have caused severe damage after spilling from a pipeline in what is described as one of the worst environmental accidents in Israel’s history. The spill reached the Evrona nature reserve north of the southern port city of Eilat, close to the Jordan border. Israeli and Jordanian media report that 80 people near Aqaba have ...