The former Congolese head of state is on trial before the High Military court on charges including war crimes, rape, and murder.

After a new surge in migrant arrivals,Greece has passed a law toughening its stance on failed asylum seekers.

The World Meteorological Organization says the cooling La Niña phenomenon may return between September and December.

The World Meteorological Organization says the cooling La Niña phenomenon may return between September and December.

Ghana’s annual inflation rate slowed for the eighth month in a row in August, reaching its lowest level since October 2021, the government statistics service said on Wednesday.

A rare tornado struck Brittany on Tuesday morning, tearing through Morbihan with winds of nearly 140 km/h, destroying homes and leaving villages littered with debris.

Russian forces struck eastern and western Ukraine overnight into Wednesday, injuring civilians in Druzhkivka and destroying garages in the Khmelnytskyi region, according to emergency officials.

Almost two years into the war in Gaza, alongside the ever-mounting death toll and flattened infrastructure, there’s another casualty of war: children’s education. With “nearly all” school-aged children out of education, they’re at risk of becoming a “lost generation,” the United Nations says.

The leader of the global Catholic Church also asked people to pray for those affected by Sunday’s devastating landslide in Sudan’s Darfur region.

Images released this week show Austrian wingsuit pilot Peter Salzmann setting a new world speed record in August, reaching 347 km/h during a free fall over Switzerland.

US President Donald Trump last week unilaterally cancelled $4.9 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress.

Officials say the operation aims to ensure transparency and guarantee the credibility of the vote which is due to take place in March next year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shared a limousine ride in Beijing on Wednesday while attending events marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

An magnitude 5.5 aftershock shook southeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking fears of further damage and destruction almost two days after a large quake in the same region killed more than 1,400 people and injured thousands more.

His family and widow, Rute, were present to unveil a framed bronze Portugal shirt with Jota’s name and number on at the nation’s training base in Lisbon.

In a high-profile corruption crackdown, a top Congolese court has sentenced former Justice Minister Constant Mutamba to three years of forced labor after convicting him of embezzling $19 million in public funds.

Chinese President Xi Jinping was joined by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a major military parade in Beijing on Wednesday.

In the $24 million civil trial, the star was accused of slashing a woman’s face with her fingernails.

In the remote hills of Uganda, Winnie Katwesigye is on a mission. She is not only delivering healthcare but also restoring dignity to elderly people often forgotten by the system.

Cameroonian authorities have barred Maurice Kamto, Biya’s fiercest challenger from standing, leading to protests. 92-year-old Biya announced in July that he would seek re-election, ending speculation that he might step aside

The village of Tarasin was “completely leveled to the ground,” the Sudan Liberation Movement-Army said as it appealed to the U.N. and international aid groups for help to recover the bodies

This is the second time Abuja is bidding to host the Commonwealth Games. It lost its first attempt to Glasgow in 2014. India’s Ahmedabad is the other bidder

It found that Simon Ekpa had attempted to promote the independence of the so-called Biafra region of Nigeria by illegal means.

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Heavy monsoon rains battered northern India on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people in 24 hours and forcing authorities to shut schools and offices in several areas.

Hollywood stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt walked the red carpet in Venice on Monday for the premiere of their latest film, ‘The Smashing Machine.’

The discovery is believed to be the first of its kind in Anatolia, southeastern Turkey. The statue was dug from a 2,100-year-old tomb containing various figures and artifacts

Torrential rain brought severe flash flooding to parts of Istria on Tuesday, submerging streets, basements and ground-floor flats after 100 litres of rain fell per square metre in under an hour.

In just 15 years, sub-Saharan Africa has seen the number of people over 60 balloon by an estimated 50 per cent.

Record-high temperatures in recent weeks have led to massive fires across several oases in Morocco’s southeastern Draa-Tafilalet region, causing the destruction of vast areas of palm trees and putting the local ecosystem – and its economy – at risk.

Guinea’s media regulator had earlier issued an order prohibiting journalists from covering political parties facing dissolution or suspension by the authorities

Across rural Africa, the daily search for water remains a struggle, often borne by women and children who walk long distances to streams and springs.

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has passed a law criminalising homosexuality and making it punishable with up to five years in prison.

Dr Kizza Besigye and his aide have been charged with treason and other offences – charges they both deny.

The verdict and sentencing phase in the coup trial of the former Brazilian President starts Tuesday at the Supreme Court in Brasilia.

Mexico inaugurated a new Supreme Court on Monday, the first to emerge from a landmark judicial reform that introduced popular elections for top judges in the country’s history.

A devastating landslide has wiped out the village of Tarasin in Sudan’s Darfur region, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country’s recent history.

Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Belgrade on Monday as riot police surrounded the headquarters of Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic.

A devastating landslide has wiped out the village of Tarasin in Sudan’s Darfur region, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country’s recent history.

At least 900 people are believed to have died and some 3,000 others wounded in the quake which took place late on Sunday.