Tallinn (Estonia): An explosion on Wednesday on the grounds a factory north of Moscow that makes optical equipment for Russia's security forces injured 45 people, six of them severely, officials...

Niamey (Niger):  Niger's military junta has refused the latest diplomatic attempt to reinstall the ousted president, rejecting a proposed visit by representatives of the West African regional bloc, the African...

Washington: Thousands of US flights were cancelled or delayed Monday as forecasts warned of destructively strong storms, including tornadoes, hail and lightning, and residents were warned to stay indoors and...

Brussels: Now that July's sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organisation made it official: July 2023 was Earth's hottest month on record by a wide margin. July's...

Kinshasa (Congo): Rebel groups, including one with ties to the Islamic State group, killed at least 21 people in restive northeastern Congo over the weekend, local officials said on Monday....

Copenhagen (Denmark): Stormy weather across the Baltic Sea region on Monday killed at least one person and caused airport delays, suspended ferry services and a train's partial derailment. Three people...

Niamey (Niger): West Africa's regional bloc says heads of state will meet Thursday to discuss their next steps after Niger's military junta defied the bloc's deadline to reinstate the country's...

Niamey (Niger): The deadline has arrived Sunday for Niger's military junta to reinstate the country's ousted president, but the West Africa regional bloc that has threatened a military intervention faces...

Niamey (Niger):  Defence chiefs from West African nations finalised an intervention plan on Friday and urged militaries to ready resources after negotiations deadlocked with Niger's military junta, which says it...

Melbourne:  A court in Australia's Queensland state has overturned a law that banned Sikh students to wear a kirpan, a religious article in Sikhism, on campus, calling the legislation "unconstitutional",...