Authorities have imposed a curfew in the capital and some other places in India’s restive state of Manipur after dozens of students were injured in violence following protests against the alleged abduction and murder of two students. Mobile internet services have also been suspended in the state for five days. Al Jazeera quotes security experts...
Nigeria has imposed a 24-hour curfew in a region of the north-central Plateau State after more tit-for-tat attacks killed at least another nine people. The AFP news agency reports that two months of clashes between nomadic herders and pastoral farmers in the region that straddles the dividing line between Nigeria’s mostly Muslim north and predominantly...
Iga Swiatek saved two match points while Elina Svitolina triumphed in a stormy, politically-charged duel with Victoria Azarenka to set up a Wimbledon quarter-final showdown on Sunday as Novak Djokovic was defeated by a night-time curfew. World number one Swiatek beat Olympic champion Belinda Bencic 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 on Centre Court. Over on Court...