Kinshasa, congo — Several people were wounded in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital on Wednesday as riot police forcibly dispersed a banned protest by the opposition who are calling for a re-run of...
MOSCOW — A Soviet-era Antonov-24 aircraft carrying 30 passengers and 4 crewmembers landed on a frozen river near an airport in Russia’s far east on Thursday because of pilot error, transport prosecutors said. The...
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong man was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge under a Beijing-imposed national security law for his involvement in a foiled...
Syrian immigrant brothers in California will be sharing one million dollars in 2024. It’s a bonus from the state lottery for selling the ticket that won the second-biggest Powerball jackpot ever. Genia Dulot has...
Qatar’s Court of Appeal reduced Thursday the death sentence handed in October to eight retired Indian navy officers on spy charges, the Indian foreign ministry said. Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said in a statement...
Ukraine’s military said Thursday that Russian forces attacked overnight using eight drones launched from Russian territory near the Sea of Azov. The Ukrainian air force said on Telegram that its air defenses shot down...
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Central Africa has, for months, been plagued with acute fuel shortages that have stifled regional economic growth, disrupted local businesses, and contributed to rising food prices and social unrest. The shortages...
ANKARA, Turkey — A chain-reaction crash Thursday involving seven vehicles on a motorway in northwest Turkey killed at least 10 people and injured 57 others, officials said. The pileup occurred in dense fog and...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China has pressured an influential Taiwanese rock band called Mayday to make pro-China comments ahead of Taiwan’s key elections next month, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation and...