UMAN, Ukraine - Russian strikes battered cities across Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 19 people as Kyiv said preparations for a highly anticipated offensive against Moscow's forces were nearly complete. The barrage of almost two dozen missiles overnight ended a weeks-long pause following...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - A human rights group in Burkina Faso reported Friday that the toll from a village massacre carried out by men in army uniform was more than double the official figure of 60 dead. Armed men dressed in the fatigues of the country's armed forces slaughtered villagers at...
KINSHASA- DR Congo's spending auditor has pointed to massive public payroll fraud, with tens of thousands of apparently fictitious employees costing the country an estimated $794 million a year. In a statement dated Thursday, the Inspection Generale des Finances (IGF), the official spending...
KIGALI, Rwanda - A transgender Rwandan fashion designer, who counted President Paul Kagame among their customers, has been detained on forgery accusations after claiming their passport has been changed to reflect their gender, police said Friday. Moses Turahirwa, 35, was taken into custody on...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations voiced alarm Friday at the prison breaks amid the violence raging in Sudan that have seen Sudanese war crimes suspects escape, and deepening impunity. The UN also warned that the conflict was reigniting ethnic clashes in the western Darfur region which had...
FLEEING KHARTOUM -- People flee the southern part of Khartoum as street battles between the army and paramilitaries continue, on April 27, 2023. (AFP) KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudanese fighter jets pounded paramilitaries in Khartoum on Thursday while deadly fighting and looting...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Weeks after a health scare, Pope Francis heads to Hungary Friday to meet Ukrainian refugees and nationalist leader Viktor Orban, with whom he has not always seen eye to eye. The 86-year-old pontiff spent three nights in hospital with bronchitis at the end...
SINGAPORE, Singapore - Singapore hanged a prisoner on Wednesday after he was convicted of conspiracy to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis, despite rights groups decrying "many flaws" in the case. Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged in defiance of a plea by the United Nations Human Rights Office...
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - A ship carrying 1,687 civilians from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in Sudan docked in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, the largest evacuation effort by the Gulf kingdom so far. Saudi Arabia has received several rounds of evacuees by air and...
GENEVA, Switzerland- The WHO said Wednesday that Covid-19 deaths had dropped by 95 percent since the start of the year -- but warned the virus was still on the move. The World Health Organization said Covid-19 was here to stay and countries would have to learn how to manage its ongoing...
WASHINGTON , United States - Joe Biden on Wednesday addressed the elephant in the room of his 2024 re-election bid: the fact that he is already the oldest ever president  and would be 86 when he stepped down if he wins. The veteran Democrat rarely talks about his age. But polls show it's a...
MOSCOU, Russia - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Wednesday he could face life in prison on "terrorism" charges while another popular opposition politician went on trial in Russia's escalating clampdown on dissent. Authorities are taking the crackdown on freedoms in Russia to an...
