JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's parliament speaker resigned on Wednesday and relinquished her seat in the legislature over allegations of corruption, a day after she lost a bid in court that would block her arrest. Prosecutors...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia and Panama are failing to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the United States and have become increasingly vulnerable to robberies and sexual...
PARIS (AP) — French police on Wednesday removed dozens of migrants, including families with young children, from the forecourt of Paris City Hall as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start of the Olympic Games. Police arrived at...
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people, trapping dozens in quarries and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday. More than 60 per cent are headed to...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP): Senegal inaugurated Africa’s youngest elected leader as president on Tuesday, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent from prison to palace within weeks. Last month’s...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexico’s president said Tuesday that he was hurt by the killing of a mayoral candidate just hours after she requested protection and started campaigning. A city council candidate who was wounded in the same attack on Monday also...
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's parliamentary speaker faces imminent arrest over corruption charges after a court on Tuesday dismissed her bid to block police and prosecutors from arresting her. Nosiviwe Mapisa-...
ISTANBUL (AP) — A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning. At least one person was being...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted Monday in the downtown area of Haiti's capital as police battled gang members near the National Palace for several hours. Local media reported that at least one policeman was shot after...
HELSINKI (AP) — A 12-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland on Tuesday morning, killing one and seriously wounding two other students, police said. The suspect was later apprehended. Heavily armed police...
Authorities in Russia’s far east on Monday called off a rescue effort for 13 workers trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine and declared them dead. The miners got trapped on March 18 at a depth of about 125 metres (400 feet) when part of...
NEW DELHI (AP): A court in India on Monday placed a top opposition leader in two weeks of judicial detention after his 10 days in the custody of a federal agency expired in a case that opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister...
LONDON (AP): A new law against hate speech came into force in Scotland on Monday, praised by some but criticised by others who say its sweeping provisions could criminalise religious views or tasteless jokes. The Hate Crime and Public Order (...
DEIR AL-BALAH (AP): The Israeli military withdrew from Gaza’s largest hospital early Monday after a two-week raid that engulfed the facility and surrounding districts in fighting. Footage showed widespread devastation, with the facility’s main...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): A High Court judge has sentenced a mentally ill man, who killed one person and injured two others on a “day of mayhem and violence” in the capital, to 12 years and eight months in prison. Justice Richard Floyd imposed the longest...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the United States surfing the Internet through its Chrome web browser. The records purge comes...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The mayor of Colombia's second largest city has issued a six month ban on prostitution in one of the city's most famous neighbourhoods, arguing that it is a necessary step to prevent the sexual exploitation of...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Marijuana campaigners in Germany lit celebratory joints on Monday as the country legalised possession of small amounts of cannabis for recreational use over objections from doctors and police. The German Cannabis...
United Airlines is asking its pilots to take time off in May because of delays in receiving new planes that the airline ordered from Boeing, which is struggling with production due to manufacturing problems. A United spokesperson said Monday that...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Strong winds in southern Poland on Monday toppled trees that killed three adults and two children, emergency responders said. A spokesperson for the region's firefighters, Hubert Cieply, said two women and a 6-year-...
NEW DELHI (AP) — A court in India on Monday placed a top opposition leader in two weeks of judicial detention after his 10 days in the custody of a federal agency expired, in a case that opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime...
BASSETERRE (CMC): The Guadeloupe Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSG) has addressed concerns about smoke observed at Soufrière volcano on the island. The observatory, in an online post on Friday, said many people would have...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced concern about the health and nutrition of Haitian children, following recent findings from analysis conducted by the Integrated Food Security Classification Framework (...
PARAMARIBO (CMC): President Chandrikapersad Santokhi is to make his first visit to China soon, the state-owned Suriname Communications Service (CDS) has announced. It made the announcement following the visit of representatives from China’s...
