Ukrainian lawmakers fired two ministers ensnared in a major corruption probe and called for more sweeping measures to restore faith in the country’s leadership as the scandal provokes the country’s biggest wartime political crisis.

Gunmen have attacked a church in Nigeria, killing at least two people and kidnapping the pastor and some worshippers, police and witnesses said, days after 25 girls were abducted from a boarding school.

The White House was quietly lobbying senators to slow-walk a vote to force the release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein even as President Donald Trump publicly insisted his administration had nothing to hide and urged Congress to act, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

Ecuador’s prison authority said on Wednesday that 10 inmates at the Litoral prison in the capital Guayaquil were found dead between Monday and Tuesday, possibly from tuberculosis.

The Swire Shipping Fijian Drua are now entering their third to fourth week of pre-season, with a heavy focus on conditioning and squad integration as they prepare for the 2026 Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific season.

Tropical cyclones pose a threat to every island in Fiji, with no region consistently safe.

The Fiji Women’s Rights Movement is calling for important gender-responsive reforms in the Employment Relations Bill 2025.

The Army Wives delivered an impressive performance at the Sukuna Bowl Netball competition yesterday, defeating the Police Wives 43–26 at the FMF Gymnasium in Suva.

Thousands of young doctors went on strike across Tunisia to demand higher pay and warn of an impending collapse of the health system, part of a broader wave of social unrest convulsing the country.

Fiji’s young people face a rising risk from diabetes, in addition to HIV and mental health challenges.

Los Angeles marked 1,000 days to go until its first Paralympic Games by unveiling on Wednesday an initial competition schedule for the 2028 event, which organisers say will feature more sports, sessions and medals than ever before.

Students from Veiuto Primary School yesterday took action to protect Fiji’s coastline. They planted over 1,000 mangrove seedlings along the Nasese Foreshore.