The UN Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session in Geneva on Thursday, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Sudan. There are reports of

Families and rescuers continue their frantic search for hundreds of people missing four days after deadly floods in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.  The latest

Donald Trump sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar, a United States jury has

Two visitors and two security guards have been killed in a gun attack near Africa’s oldest synagogue, on the Tunisian island of Djerba. The attack

Three Islamic Jihad commanders and multiple family members were among at least a dozen Palestinians killed as Israeli jets and helicopters struck multiple targets in

US President Joe Biden has announced he will run for re-election in 2024, setting the stage for a potential rematch with Donald Trump. The Democrat

The death toll from a suspected Kenyan starvation cult climbed to 90 on Tuesday, including many children, as police said investigators were pausing the search for bodies

The ISIS-K leader who planned the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul international airport’s Abbey Gate was killed by the Taliban, according to the

A ceasefire in Sudan appears to be holding after taking effect at midnight local time (22:00 GMT on Monday). It is the fourth attempt to

A Russian Sukhoi-34 fighter jet has accidentally bombed the Russian city of Belgorod, around 40km (25 miles) from the border with Ukraine. The bomb left

At least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in Yemen’s capital Sanaa just days before the Eid al-Fitr festival, according

A man in the US state of Missouri has been charged with shooting a teenager who rang the wrong doorbell while picking up his younger