Norm Pattis, a lawyer for the Proud Boys walks outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2023, after the sentencing of Proud Boys members Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl. A leader of the Proud Boys militia who called for a "war" to keep Donald Trump as president was...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon - The general who led the overthrow of the 55-year Bongo dynasty will be sworn in on Monday as transitional president of the west African state, the army announced. The military sought to reassure donors they would "respect all commitments" at home and abroad and "phase in"...
MADRID, Spain - Police across Europe have seized 25 tonnes of eels and baby eels destined for Asia in a huge operation targeting smugglers of the critically endangered creatures, Spanish police said Thursday. Officers arrested 256 suspected smugglers as part of the "historic" operation coordinated...
Graphic content / Firefighters and members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) are deployed in front of a burned apartment block in Johannesburg on August 31, 2023. GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A fire that ripped through a five-storey building taken over...
Customers are stand next to street vendors in Libreville on August 31, 2023. People in the central African state of Gabon eagerly awaited a steer on their future on August 31, 2023 after military officers put an end to 55 years of rule by the Bongo family. President Ali Bongo Ondimba, son of Omar...
HONG KONG - China issued its highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Super Typhoon Saola drew closer to Hong Kong and the mainland's southern coast, with several cities delaying the start of the school year as a precaution. Saola's wind speeds topped 200 kilometres (125 miles) per hour by 6 pm (1000...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis revealed Wednesday he will publish an update to his seminal 2015 thesis on the environment in October, just weeks before the next round of UN climate talks. The 86-year-old pontiff earlier this month mentioned plans to write a second part of "Laudato Si" but...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur rejected Wednesday a new Chinese map that claims waters off Malaysia's coast in the South China Sea, in the latest war of words between the Asian allies over Beijing's assertiveness in the waterway. China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Wednesday it had downed more than two dozen cruise missiles and a swarm of attack drones across the country in the "most powerful" aerial attack on Kyiv in weeks. The assault left two dead and came as Russia said an airport near the border with NATO member Estonia had...
GOMA, DR Congo - At least 10 people were killed Wednesday in eastern DR Congo after soldiers attempted to stop a religious sect's planned anti-UN protest, in the latest violence in the conflict-torn region. The Christian-animist group known as the "Natural Judaic and Messianic Faith towards the...
BISHKEK - Kyrgyzstan said Wednesday it planned to ban the popular video sharing platform TikTok, after the Central Asian country accused the app of "causing addiction" among children and affecting their mental health. The Central Asian country's culture ministry said in a statement it had...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon - Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor. Bongo, 64, whose family has ruled Gabon for over 55 years,...
