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BEND (UNITED STATES) – A teenager shot and killed three children and a teacher on Thursday at an elementary school in the US state of Oregon, police said, adding the assailant was later killed by an armed bystander who pursued him into the…
PARIS – France was yesterday reeling from widespread damage caused in violent protests the day before that saw 1 800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting. The convulsion, which officials described as of…
JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has lifted the suspension of the national police chief after prosecutors dropped charges against him in a corruption case, the presidency said Friday. Ramaphosa suspended National…
BANJUL (GAMBIA) – Rescuers have recovered 12 bodies after a boat transporting migrants sank off the coast of Gambia, with an unknown number still missing, the Red Cross said. The boat had set sail from the village of Jinack Kajata, which…
KANO – A Nigerian army patrol vehicle hit a landmine planted by Islamic State group-aligned jihadists near the border with Cameroon, killing eight soldiers, defence sources told AFP yesterday. The attack happened in the northeastern state…
NAIROBI – Kenya has confirmed four new Ebola cases, the health ministry said Saturday, including another relative of the first victim and three healthcare workers who treated him. The country had not reported a single case of the…
France’s central government asked some local authorities to impose curfews and faced pressure over security failings on Monday after a weekend of riots and looting borne out of nationwide anti-government protests.
BERLIN – Germany and the European Union should address their own structural economic challenges rather than rely primarily on protectionism in response to growing competition from China, a German business leader has said. As debate over…
Police say no further action will be taken against the wife of the government’s national security adviser after she posted on social media referencing Palestine Action.
An Austrian Airlines flight from Israel to Austria was forced to divert to Bulgaria after a reported bomb threat.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and artificial intelligence giant Anthropic have pledged big financial giveaways as Big Tech firms come under pressure over the potential impact of AI on humanity.
A Kenyan court is set to deliver a judgement in a mass murder case involving doomsday preacher Paul Mackenzie.
The fire that killed four members of the Canadian military and injured dozens of others on Saturday spread with alarming speed, accounts suggest.
Israeli police say they have arrested 10 suspects in the occupied West Bank after attacks by settlers on an American journalist and European diplomats last week.
Oil prices slipped on Monday after US President Donald Trump waived sanctions and tariffs on Russia, which may lead to more Russian fuel exports.
Gold prices edged higher on Monday as softer oil prices offered support, while investors assessed the chances of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike later this year and looked for fresh signals on the US central bank’s policy trajectory.
Passengers who play loud music on buses in England could be fined up to £100 under an attempt by the government to crack down on antisocial behaviour.
US President Donald Trump has said his decision to suspend several Russian sanctions is an effort to keep Moscow at the negotiating table.
Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff has survived a shooting in Mumbai and has not sustained any gunshot wounds, according to Indian police who are investigating the incident.
An Austrian Airlines flight from Israel to Austria has been forced to divert to Bulgaria after a reported bomb threat.
The Chinese capital Beijing is expected to become “super-aged” by 2035, with around one-third of its population aged 60 and above, the official Beijing Daily reported.
The boss of one of Ukraine’s biggest steel companies has called on the European Union to drop import restrictions on products made from the country, arguing it has been “bundled together” in measures aimed a curbing cheap imports from the…
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for “calm and order” after a major day of protests turned into rioting and looting on Saturday, with some disorder continuing in Paris on Sunday.
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian civilians, European diplomats and a French mayor in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Belgium’s foreign minister said, a day after settlers beat an American photojournalist.