Marrakech: Follow live updates of a deadly, powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, killing more than 2,000 people and causing widespread damage in and around the city of Marrakesh. DEATH TOLL...

Marrakech (Morocco): A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 800 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of...

Nairobi (Kenya): The first African Climate Summit ended with a call on Wednesday for world leaders to rally behind a global carbon tax on fossil fuels, aviation and maritime transport,...

Nairobi: The first African Climate Summit is opening with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a global issue that affects the continent of 1.3 billion people...

Beijing: Taiwan suspended flights, rail transport and ferry services along with classes and outdoor events and urged workers to stay home on Sunday as Typhoon Haikui churned across the southern...

Kyiv: Two people were hospitalised following a 3½-hour Russian drone barrage against port infrastructure in Ukraine's Odesa region on Sunday, officials said. The attack comes a day before Russian President...

Stockholm: The Nobel Foundation on Saturday withdrew its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year's Nobel Prize award ceremonies after the decision announced a day...

Johannesburg: A massive pre-dawn fire in a five-storey building mostly occupied by homeless illegal immigrants killed at least 73 people and injured 52 others on Thursday here in the central...

Dakar: Niger's military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the West African country, according to a statement from the military...

Libreville (Gabon): Mutinous soldiers claimed to have seized power in Gabon on Wednesday and put the president under house arrest, hours after he was declared the winner in an election...