Thirty-five million Africans driven from homes by war and climate disasters – report

Data shows a threefold increase in internal displacement across the African continent since 2009, with flooding and drought posing a growing threat Wars and climate disasters have driven a threefold increase in the number of internally displaced people in Africa over the past 15 years, according to new data. There are now 35 million people…

Weather tracker: Swaths of Canada braced for heavy snow

Temperatures unlikely to exceed -20C in parts of Canada, while a red weather warning has been issued for Sri Lanka An area of low pressure moving along the US-Canada border brought heavy snowfall to parts of western Canada at the weekend. A weather warning has been issued for the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan for…

Islamic State is primed to be thorn in the side of incoming Trump administration

The terrorist group has been looking to be active this holiday season, with online chatter about attacks increasing Amid a presidential campaign with foreign policy discussions more focused on the wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, the Islamic State stayed under the radar while calling on supporters and operatives to attack Americans on election day….