A MASSIVE pit containing around 20,000 bits of shellfish has been discovered on the Scottish island of Orkney.

Fighting reportedly broke out in Nasir in Upper Nile state on February 14 and 15, the UN mission in South Sudan says.

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March 15, 2025 at 1:47 pm MV Hamnavoe’s passage from Stromness to Scrabster was delayed this morning due to reports of a man overboard. Reports of a man overboard from mv Hamnavoe as the ferry made ...

Workers at Scottish Water will take strike action after pay talks collapsed. The action is being taken by members of the GMB union, with a walk out planned for later this month while more disruptive ...

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during his visit to Bangladesh, urged global support for Rohingya refugees amidst dwindling aid. He praised Bangladesh's hospitality and warned of a ...

South Africa has nine provinces, which vary considerably in size. The smallest is tiny and crowded Gauteng, a highly urbanised region, and the largest the vast, arid and empty Northern Cape, which ...

The SOAS South Asia Institute (SSAI) represents the most extensive and diverse community of scholars working on South Asia of any university in Europe. While most of its members’ research and teaching ...