Flash floods and mudslides triggered by days of torrential rains tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province, killing at least 58 people, wounding scores and forcing more than 4,000 from their homes. Sutopo

On February 27, Kenya's national assembly once again refused to enact the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill 2018, also known as the Gender Bill, which seeks to legislate on the constitutional requirement that neither

Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader.  Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election

CAIRO: Hundreds of Sudanese took part in anti-government protests in the capital and other cities on Sunday as the government announced it had secured $300 million in loans to address the economic crisis that

ALGIERS: Algeria's newly-appointed prime minister has started talks to form a new government, state media reported on Sunday, in a move designed to placate protesters demanding President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika and his inner circle step

JERUSALEM: An Israeli court on Sunday ordered the temporary closure of a side building at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site that has been the source of tensions in recent weeks. The Jerusalem magistrates

Christchurch, New Zealand - In a quiet corner of Memorial Park cemetery, the graves dug out for the dozens of Muslim worshippers murdered in the worst mass shooting in New Zealand's modern history stretch out,

Friday's attack, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern labelled as "terrorism", was the worst mass killing in New Zealand's modern history, and the country raised its security threat level to the highest. The death toll

Young students are carrying guns to school in Chicago 'to protect' themselves.

They were teachers, engineers and accountants. Some had migrated to New Zealand decades ago, fleeing conflict or seeking a better life, while others were only in the Pacific Island country for short visits. Many