Planned demolition of a building in Nairobi goes wrong, leaves at least 4 dead
Officials say a building has collapsed during a planned demolition that went wrong in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, kil...
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Angry crowd attends the first hearing on deadly Dominican nightclub collapse
The owners of a nightclub whose roof collapsed nearly a year ago and killed more than 230 people in the Dominican Republ...
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of carrying out strikes in Kabul targeting hospital treating addicts
Afghanistan has accused Pakistan’s military of targeting a hospital treating drug addicts in Kabul in airstrikes that ki...
BBC asks US court to dismiss Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit
The BBBC has asked a U.S. judge to throw out President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit over an edited documentary cli...
Cuban officials report an island-wide blackout as country struggles with energy crisis
Ministry reports a "complete disconnection" of the country’s electrical system.
EU border patrol boat capsizes off Greek island with Estonian ambassador aboard
A Frontex patrol boat capsized off a tiny Greek island, with the Estonian ambassador to Greece among the five people on...
4 teens are suspected of terror offenses in the Rotterdam synagogue explosion, Dutch prosecutors say
Dutch prosecutors say four teens are suspected of terror-related offenses after an explosion outside a synagogue in the...
Police in Haiti arrest lawmaker Arnel Belizaire, who faces charges including terror financing
Haitian authorities say they have arrested legislator Arnel Belizaire
Ex-French president Sarkozy appeals conviction in Libyan campaign financing case
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is back in court to appeal his conviction over alleged illegal campaign financin...
Artillery attack on a Yemen village kills at least 10 as government blames Houthi rebels
An artillery strike has hit a village in northern Yemen and killed at least 10 people, including six children
Roof collapse at Pakistan welfare payment site kills at least 8 women
A crowded welfare payment line in eastern Pakistan has turned deadly after a shop roof collapsed, killing at least eight...
2 dead after 2 boats carrying students capsize off US base construction site in southern Japan
Two boats carrying 21 people capsized off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base on the Japane...
Japan’s cherry blossom season begins with first flowering confirmed in 3 cities
Japan’s cherry blossom season is starting as officials confirm the first blooms in three Japanese cities
Kazakhstan's new constitution cementing president's grip on power approved in a referendum
A new constitution that strengthens President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power in Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s larges...
Myanmar’s parliament meets for first time in 5 years with military controlling most seats
Myanmar has opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years following an election that did not include ma...
Cuban political activist says police not allowing her to leave home
Yoani Sánchez says a purported policeman in civilian clothes is stopping her.
Swedish court orders detention of Russian captain of tanker boarded off Sweden
A Swedish court has ordered the detention of the Russian captain of a ship which was suspected to be sailing under a fal...
Brazil ex-President Bolsonaro's kidney function improves but he remains in intensive care
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s kidney function has improved but he will remain in an intensive care unit be...