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The Western Cape Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC), in coordination with municipalities and emergency services, has activated monitoring and preparedness measures across affected districts, as the province bra...

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - The ​U.S. State ‌Department said ​on ​Tuesday it had ⁠approved ​a ​possible $540 million sale of ​C-17 ​sustainment services and ‌related ⁠equipment to Canada.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica ‘s outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves will remain a top official in his successor’s government, the country’s president-elect announced on Tuesday, granting the outgoing populist and...

The publication of election results in the Central African Republic has been suspended following a strike by staff at the National Election Authority (ANE), adding fresh uncertainty to the country’s fragile political pro...

Dozens of tanker trucks carrying Iraqi oil began crossing into Syria on Monday through the recently reopened Rabia–Yarubiyah border gate, marking the revival of a strategic overland route for energy exports as regional t...

A road accident involving a passenger bus and a fuel tanker killed 16 people and injured four others on Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Wednesday, a disaster agency official told AFP.

Israel’s army said Wednesday it had begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas of Lebanon, despite a truce with the neighboring country intended to halt fighting with the Iran-backed militant group.

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has been voted out of office by lawmakers. Romania's coalition was driven apart by unpopular austerity measures, with the Social Democrats leaving and moving to oust the PM.

The Russian strikes came just hours before a unilaterally proposed Ukrainian ceasefire and days before Russia itself intends to observe a ceasefire. Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned "cynical, vile" attacks by Russia.

British counter-terror police have launched a probe into the latest arson attack targeting the capital's Jewish community after a fire was started at a former east London synagogue early Tuesday, the Metropolitan police...

A drone launched by Sudan 's paramilitary forces targeted the airport in the capital of Khartoum on Monday but was shot down before it could hit the target, airport officials said. Sudan accused Ethiopia of being involve...

Brazil's finance minister Dario Durigan said the government's relaunched consumer debt relief program won't provide enough stimulus ​to derail the current monetary easing cycle.

Outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves used his final address to Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly today to call for a deep restructuring of the Costa Rican state, telling incoming lawmakers that the country’s institutions mu...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Alberta separatists said Monday they have formally submitted almost 302,000 signatures to try to trigger a referendum on the province leaving Canada.

Costa Rican consumers are expected to begin feeling the first effects of the inflationary shock linked to the conflict in the Middle East starting in May, with fuel, imported goods and some food prices likely to face the...

Another earthquake drill will take place in Mexico City and seven mostly central states on Wednesday, May 6, as part of the government’s protocol to strengthen public preparedness for emergencies.

At least 23 Chadian soldiers have been killed and 26 injured in a Boko Haram attack on a military post in Chad’s Lake Chad region, according to the country’s armed forces.

Two people were killed and nine injured in an explosion at a facility operated by Kazzinc in Ust-Kamenogorsk, local authorities and emergency services said.

An Indian chief minister ‌who was swept from power by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in state elections said on Tuesday that she had "not been defeated" and would not resign, in an unpreceden...

Iran’s military on Tuesday denied launching any recent missile or drone attacks against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), rejecting accusations from Abu Dhabi amid continued regional tensions.