Africa

Panama City: US War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday warned of continuing the United States' naval blockade on Iranian ports "indefinitely" and for as...

Harare: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday declared a state of disaster following a boat capsize in Lake Kariba, as police confirmed the...

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said on Tuesday that an outbreak of a particularly virulent strain of the Bundibugyo Ebola...

Some 1,500 couples got married at a mass wedding organized by Abba Kabir Yusuf, the governor of Kano state, in northern Nigeria.The regional government...

Kinshasa-- The Ebola virus has claimed at least 1,700 lives in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, marking the fastest-spreading outbreak of the...

Abuja --- At least 12 people were killed in an armed attack in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said today.Local sources said the attackers stormed Lajinge...

Athens--- Two people were killed after two firefighting helicopters collided while battling a massive wildfire that has destroyed more than 100 homes...

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck off Egypt early on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey.The quake happened at 3 a.m. local time (0000...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) latest Ebola outbreak has surpassed the total number of cases recorded during the country's deadliest epidemic...

Wildlife officials in Kenya said on Thursday that 15 elephants found dead this month in one of the country's best-known wildlife parks were likely poisoned...