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Yemen’s Saudi-backed ‍presidential leadership ‍council has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Salem bin Breik and appointed Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsin al-Zindani as the ⁠country’s new prime minister, the state...

Torrential rains and flooding have killed more than 100 people in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and authorities warned Friday that more severe weather was expected across several countries in southern Africa.

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Thursday said that the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital, which was recorded at 343 on January 15 at 4 pm, showed an upward trend and rose to 354 by 4 pm...

A major fire that broke out early on Friday in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of Seoul was brought under control and fully extinguished about eight hours later, a fire official said.

A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison on charges that included obstructing attempts by authorities to arrest him following his failed bid to impose martial law in...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Guerrero, Mexico, on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was placed under house arrest on Friday, a day after elections that early results show President Yoweri Museveni firmly in the lead as he seeks to extend his four-decade rule. With abo...

A severe storm in Australia’s Victoria state triggered flash flooding on Thursday, forcing the country’s famed Great Ocean Road to close, sweeping cars out to sea and cutting power to thousands.

A crane collapsed onto a road near Thailand's capital on Thursday, crushing two vehicles and killing two people a day after a similar accident in the northeast caused the derailing of a train and the deaths of 32 passeng...

The United States has seized another Venezuela-linked tanker, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, ahead of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.

Iran temporarily closed its airspace to most flights amid United States President Donald Trump’s threats against the country, according to the US aviation authority.

Syria’s military said it would open a corridor Thursday for civilians to evacuate an area of Aleppo province that has seen a military buildup following intense clashes between government and Kurdish-led forces in Aleppo...

Anti-narcotics authorities in Syria and Iraq have seized 2.5 million captagon stimulant pills during coordinated security operations carried out in both countries, Syria’s Interior Ministry announced on Thursday.

Ethiopian police said they had seized thousands of rounds of ammunition sent by Eritrea to rebels in Ethiopia's Amhara region, an allegation Eritrea dismissed as a falsehood intended to justify starting a war.

Voting began Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election despite a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticised as an anti-democratic tactic in a country where the president has held office since 1986.

Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente and his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, spoke on Thursday about security and "reaffirmed the importance of the U.S.-Mexico partnership," both governments...

Lawmakers, under the control of the ruling Sandinista party led by co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, approved the measure in its second legislative session. The reform alters articles 23 and 25 of the cons...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele inaugurated a new maximum-security prison in nearby Costa Rica on Wednesday, less than three weeks before Costa Ricans elect a new president in an election that has put crime front an...

Donald Trump believes that Mexico needs to do more to combat cartels, but his ambassador in Mexico City is full of praise for what is already being done. U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ron Johnson posted twice on social media...

Thousands of people braved freezing weather to protest in Bulgaria’s capital on Wednesday, calling for a fair election as the Balkan country appears to be headed to its eighth vote in the last five years.