Kinshasa:  More than 50 people are dead after landslides collapsed three artisanal gold mining wells near the city of Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province on Friday, officials said....

Boston (US): The same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has renewed vigorous U.S. election-related targeting, trying to breach computers at more than 200 organisations including...

Beirut:  A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents traumatised by last month's massive explosion there that killed and injured thousands of people....

Cairo:  A prominent human rights organization Thursday accused Libyan armed groups linked to the Tripoli-based government of using heavy weapons to disperse anti-corruption rallies last month in the capital and...

Kabul:  A bombing in the Afghan capital on Wednesday targeted the convoy of the country's first vice president, killing 10 people and wounding at least 31, including several of the...

Geneva:  More than 300 civil society groups including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the International Service for Human Rights are urging the United Nations to set up an international...

London:  More than 100 British lawmakers have signed a letter to the Chinese ambassador condemning what they described as “a systematic and calculated programme of ethnic cleansing against the Uighur...

Islamabad:  Taliban officials say a senior delegation returned early Saturday to Qatar, paving the way for the start of peace talks with the Afghan government that are expected to take...

Madrid:  The Madrid regional government is further restricting family reunions and social gatherings to curb a sharp spike in confirmed coronavirus cases as schools are set to re-open, although officials...

Wellington (New Zealand):  New Zealand reported its first death from the coronavirus in more than three months on Friday. Health authorities said a man in his 50s died at an...