KISANGANI, DR Congo - At least four people have been killed this week in a conflict over land in Kisangani, a city in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said on Thursday. Several people had already died on April 10 in fighting between members of the Mbole and Lengola ethnic...
CAIRO, Egypt - Seventeen people were killed when a truck and a bus collided on a motorway in southern Egypt on Thursday, the health ministry said. It said another 29 people were injured, and that 26 ambulances were sent to the scene of the accident on the road between the southern cities of Kharga...
BELGRADE, Serbia- Eight students and a security guard were killed during a school shooting in Belgrade Wednesday, officials said, police accusing a detained 13-year-old suspect of plotting the attack for a month and drawing up a kill list. The incident rocked the Balkan nation, with the...
PARIS, France - Getting vaccinated against Covid-19 does not make women more likely to seek medical attention for menstrual problems, the largest study conducted on the subject said on Thursday. Since Covid vaccination campaigns began nearly two and a half years ago, some women have reported...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at Amsterdam's airport late Wednesday for an unannounced visit to the Netherlands, with a trip to the International Criminal Court on his agenda, local media reported. Dutch news agency ANP said Zelensky,...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - The UN chief on Wednesday said "we failed" to stop war from erupting in Sudan, where persistent fighting between rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce. "The UN was taken by surprise" by the conflict, because the world body and others were hopeful that...
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it shot down two drones launched by Ukraine and accused Kyiv of attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. The alleged thwarted operation comes on the heels of a series of incidents -- including trains sabotage -- ahead of the popular WWII...
HARES,  Palestinian Territories - Israeli troops carried out demolitions Wednesday of the homes of two Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly attacks on Israelis in the occupied West Bank last year. The army said the demolitions targeted the homes of Mohammed Souf, 18, accused of a...
HELSINKI, Finland - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to Finland on Wednesday to participate in a summit gathering the leaders of the five Nordic nations, the Finnish presidency announced. Zelensky is set to meet Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, whose country became...
BEIJING, China - The death toll from an explosion at a chemical plant in China has risen to nine, with one person injured and another still missing, state media reported Wednesday. The blast took place on Monday morning at an area in a factory used to produce hydrogen peroxide in Liaocheng, a city...
KIGALI, Rwanda - At least 109 people have died in flooding in northern and western Rwanda, the state-run Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) said Wednesday, quoting figures from local authorities. "The rain that fell last night caused disaster in the Northern and Western Provinces," RBA said on its...
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it shot down two drones launched by Ukraine and accused Kyiv of attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Two unmanned vehicles were aimed at the Kremlin... the devices were put out of action," the Kremlin said in a statement, calling the...
