Around 12,000 people were evacuated after a fire and intense explosions at a Ukrainian Defence Ministry ammunition depot early on Tuesday morning, officials said. No casualties were reported. Ukraine’s state security service said it was investigating possible sabotage, and the defence ministry’s spokesman said the fact that explosions were set off in different parts of…
Sweden’s prime minister will be stripped of his position after losing a vote of no confidence on Tuesday, as the country grapples with a hung parliament and a surge in support for a radical nationalist party in elections earlier this month. Stefan Lofven, the leader of the Social Democratic Party who has been prime minister…
Davide Soliani isn’t just your typical Nintendo fan. 15 years ago, upon finding out that legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto – the man that had made him want to create video games in the first place – was going to be visiting Italy to promote a new Zelda game, he decided he had to meet…
North Korea’s foreign minister has warned of increasing "mistrust" between Pyongyang and Washington DC, announcing that his country would not take the first steps towards denuclearisation without further guarantees from the Trump administration. Ri Yong-ho, addressing the United Nations general assembly on Saturday, said North Korea was growing frustrated at the slow progress since the June…
Yuji Naka, the godfather of Sonic the Hedgehog, has joined Square Enix. It’s been a while since we’ve had an update from the prolific programmer. His own studio Prope has been largely quiet since the release of Rodea the Sky Soldier for 3DS and Wii U in 2015. Today, Naka revealed his new employment via…
The International Court of Justice on Monday rejected a bid by landlocked Bolivia to force Chile to the negotiating table for access to the Pacific Ocean in a row dating back to the 19th century. Bolivia lost its route to the sea in a 1879-1883 war with Chile, and Santiago has rejected every attempt since…
Donald Trump has said sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, his nominee for the US Supreme Court, were a "hoax" and "all made up". The US president said Mr Kavanaugh was "caught up in a hoax that was set up by the Democrats," adding: "It was all made up, it was fabricated, and it’s a…
Retro-bit, a big name in retro clone hardware, has signed a deal with Sega to make accessories for the Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast consoles. Wait – what? Those consoles have been dead and buried for years. Either there’s a sudden demand for the original controllers, or… Or the NES and SNES Classic minis have…
Donald Trump, the US president, has described a personal letter from Kim Jong-un as a “beautiful work of art” and loosened the timeframe on Washington’s demands that the North Korean leader give up his nuclear weapons. Mr Trump revealed during a meeting in New York on Wednesday with Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, that he…
Elephants and other endangered species could be driven to extinction unless Western governments begin to take the illegal wildlife trade as seriously as terrorism or drug running, the president of Gabon has warned. Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose country is home to the world’s largest surviving population of forest elephants, called for an international intelligence and law…