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Eight nurses from Canada are currently trapped in a compound in the community of Grand Goave, Haiti, and their supplies are running out. The nurses have travelled there on a mission coordinated by Hope Grows Haiti, an organization that works to “feed, clothe, house and educate the poor and abandoned children” …

The UK is on “the wrong side of the law” by sanctioning arms exports to Saudi Arabia for the war in Yemen and should suspend some of the export licences, an all-party Lords committee has said. The report by the international relations select committee says ministers are not making independent …

Nigeria’s presidential election has been postponed just hours before polls were due to open. The country’s election commission said it was delaying the vote to 23 February due to unspecified “challenges”, amid reports that voting materials had not been delivered to some areas. The delay is expected to spark anger …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Paul Manafort also faces a possible fine of between $50,000 and $24m US President Donald Trump’s former election campaign chief Paul Manafort should be jailed for up to 24 years, special counsel Robert Mueller says. Manafort was convicted of financial fraud on charges relating to …

More than 40 illegal gold miners are believed to have died in Zimbabwe after they were trapped deep underground following a flash flood. Police, engineers and other miners have struggled since Tuesday to reach any survivors of the accident, which took place in the town of Kadoma, 125 miles (200km) …

Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Feb. 16, 2019, 3:56 AM GMT By Tom Winter A federal judge in a closed hearing questioned where Paul Manafort’s loyalties lie considering that he gave false statements to investigators …

By David Mercer, news reporter The funeral of Emiliano Sala is set to take place in Argentina following his death in a plane crash over the English Channel. The footballer’s relatives wept after his body arrived in Buenos Aires on Friday before being taken to his home province of Santa …

Image copyright Getty Images The funeral of Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala will take place in his native Argentina on Saturday. The 28-year-old died when the plane he was in with pilot David Ibbotson crashed in the English Channel en route from Nantes to Cardiff on 21 January. His funeral …

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Friday the response by the United States to China detaining two Canadians in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a Chinese Huawei executive has not been strong enough. READ MORE: Chinese ambassador threatens ‘repercussions’ on Canada if Huawei 5G banned Help us improve Globalnews.ca Graham …