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Supporters and opponents of Kenya’s deputy president have clashed at public forums over an impeachment motion against him, which was introduced in parliament by the ruling alliance this week. …
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By EVELYNE MUSAMBI
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10/4/24
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A severe rainstorm struck Bosnia overnight Friday, killing at least 14 people and flooding several towns and villages in central and southern parts of the country. Rescue services in the south of the …
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By ELDAR EMRIC
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10/4/24
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Wars, a refugee crisis, famine, and artificial intelligence could all be recognized with Nobel Prizes. Civil grassroot groups, and international organizations with missions to mitigate violence in …
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By MARK LEWIS
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10/4/24
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Israel has carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight in the southern suburbs of Beirut. It had warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a United …
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10/4/24
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More than a dozen tigers have died after contracting bird flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam. A caretaker at Vuon Xoai zoo in Bien Hoa city told State media VNExpress that the animals were fed with raw …
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By HAU DINH
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10/4/24
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New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has opened his first policy speech in office by expressing deep regrets over the governing party’s slush funds scandal that dogged his predecessor. Ishiba …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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10/4/24
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Tunisia's President Kais Saied faces few obstacles to winning another term in the country's presidential election Sunday because his major opponents have been imprisoned or left off the ballot. Five …
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10/4/24
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Nearly 1,000 transgender politicians are running Sunday in every one of Brazil’s 26 states. The number of transgender politicans has tripled since the last elections. It’s a momentous social …
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By ELÉONORE HUGHES and HANNAH-KATHRYN VALLES
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10/4/24
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The United Nations peacekeeping chief says U.N. peacekeepers are staying in their positions on Lebanon’s southern border despite Israel’s request to vacate some areas before it launched its …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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10/3/24
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They began a pilgrimage that thousands before them have done — a long flight to their motherland, South Korea, to undertake an emotional, often frustrating, sometimes devastating search for their …
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10/3/24
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North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked. South Korea’s leader had warned earlier this week that Kim’s regime …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG
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10/3/24
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Dozens of South Korean adoptees, many in tears, have responded to an investigation led by The Associated Press and documented by Frontline (PBS) last week on adoptions from South Korea. The …
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By CLAIRE GALOFARO and KIM TONG-HYUNG
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10/3/24
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A gang in Haiti has killed more than 20 and injured dozens after raiding a small town, official says
Gang members have attacked a small town in central Haiti and killed killing more than 20 people, including children, according to a human rights group. At least 50 others were injured. Government …
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10/3/24
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Environment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil’s proposal to establish a trust fund for …
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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA
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10/3/24
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The new head of NATO is vowing to help shore up Western support for war-ravaged Ukraine and says he can work with whoever is elected president of the United States, the alliance’s most powerful …
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By LORNE COOK
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10/3/24
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Kosovo's prime minister says that the Balkan region has enjoyed the greatest degree of peace, freedom and democracy in its history in the past 25 years. However, Albin Kurti said in an interview on …
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By VANESSA GERA
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10/3/24
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South Africa's top court will decide if impeachment proceedings against the president can be revived
South Africa’s Constitutional Court says it will hear a case next month brought by two opposition parties to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa. The court made the …
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By GERALD IMRAY
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10/3/24
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Mexican army troops opened fire on a truck carrying migrants from a half dozen countries, and six migrants from Egypt, Peru and El Salvador died in an event that President Claudia Sheinbaum called …
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By MARK STEVENSON
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10/3/24
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Rescuers are searching for dozens of migrants from Africa still missing after smugglers apparently forced them out of two boats in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti earlier this week. At least 48 …
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By OMAR FARUK
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10/3/24
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Belarusian opposition leader in exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Thursday said 224 political prisoners in Belarus must be urgently released. More than 65,000 people have been detained since …
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By YURAS KARMANAU
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10/3/24
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