Some of the plastic pieces extracted from inside a sable shearwater found dead on Lord Howe Island,in Australia (Picture: Justin Gilligan/The Trustees of the Natural History Museum,London/Cover Media

The intelligence services of the Russian Federation are plotting to carry out targeted killings in the US and in European nations supporting Ukraine,federal authorities said (Picture: AP)

At 80, Nigerian-born photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi continues to document the changing face of Africa and its global diaspora through a quiet, deeply personal approach to photography.

At least 82 people have been killed in a gold mine collapse in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, with dozens more injured and others feared trapped beneath the rubble.

Aid efforts are being hampered by damaged roads, restricted access and a shortage of funding, as fears grow of a wider humanitarian catastrophe.

Senegal has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian energy giant ENI to evaluate five offshore blocks, the country’s energy minister announced on Tuesday.