Britain’s Prince Harry visited an Italian World War II battlefield on Sunday where tens of thousands of soldiers died 70 years ago and unveiled the design of Britain’s pavilion for the Milan Expo. Army captain Harry, 29, attended ceremonies with veterans…
Deadly floods across Bosnia and Serbia have claimed at least 14 lives and led to the evacuation of 15,000 people after the Balkans suffered its heaviest rainfall in a century, officials said on Saturday. “Six bodies were found in the northern Bosnian…
The commander of US forces in Africa has flown to Nigeria to discuss how Washington can help the government in Abuja trace more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants. A defense official told AFP on Tuesday that General David Rodriguez…
Three people were killed on Thursday when a helicopter carrying eight passengers crashed off Ghana’s western coast, home to the nation’s offshore oil industry, the military said. “Three people have been confirmed dead,” Ghana Armed Forces spokesman…
As India held the latest round of its election Wednesday, 97-year-old Shyam Saran Negi once again trudged several kilometres to vote — a tradition he has kept up since independence in 1947. The retired teacher, from a remote village high in the Himalayas…
At least 63 people have died in Kenya this week and dozens more are sick after consuming toxic alcohol, police and hospitals said Wednesday. “So far, we have 63 dead,” police spokesman Masood Mwinyi told AFP. Hospital sources said dozens more were receiving…
US President Barack Obama described the kidnapping of more than 220 schoolgirls by Islamists in Nigeria as “heartbreaking” and “outrageous” as Washington deployed military experts in the hunt for the children. Obama urged global action against Boko…
A massive blaze broke out in a firecracker factory Saturday in central India, killing at least 15 people, local media said. CNN-IBN and other television stations reported that the fire began as people were working at the manufacturing plant in Ujjain…
Two subway trains collided in Seoul on Friday, lightly injuring 200 people and further undermining public confidence just weeks after South Korea’s ferry disaster claimed the lives of hundreds of schoolchildren. Briefing reporters, fire department official…
British police on Wednesday charged a 15-year-old male pupil with stabbing to death a teacher in class at a Catholic school. Ann Maguire, 61, who taught Spanish, suffered multiple stab wounds in the incident at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds…
A 68-year-old woman had to be rescued by helicopter on Tuesday after she fell and became trapped on one of the towers of Britain’s historic Wells Cathedral. A Royal Air Force chopper winched the woman 45 metres (150 feet) to safety after she became…
Japan’s first lady Akie Abe joined the annual gay parade in Tokyo Sunday to show her support for sexual minorities. The 51-year-old wife of conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe donned a white suit to stand on a float with a drag queen, as some 3,000…
South Korea’s prime minister resigned on Sunday over the sinking of a passenger ferry that left more than 300 people dead or missing, amid huge public anger over what is seen as a bungled response to the tragedy. Chung Hong-Won admitted he had not been…
A North Korean nuclear test within days “cannot be ruled out” analysts said Saturday, after new satellite imagery showed heightened activity at the test site. The report by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) chimes with other…
A US journalist abducted and held by pro-Kremlin rebels in east Ukraine this week told AFP he was freed Thursday. Simon Ostrovsky, who works for the online outlet VICE News, said by telephone that he was fine, although he had been beaten after being…
