Millions of African Catholics, as well as the continent's leaders, are mourning a man who they felt spoke for Africa.
Home to nearly a fifth of the Church's followers, or 272 million people, Africa is becoming increasingly important in the Catholic (...)
Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities, according to a UN report issued on Monday.
For several years, scam (...)
شهد مؤتمر مبادرة القدرات البشرية في نسخته الثانية تحت شعار «مابعد الاستعداد للمستقبل»، ضمن أعماله المنعقدة في مركز الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي للمؤتمرات بالرياض، جلسة وزارية بعنوان «تفعيل وتوسيع الإمكانات البشرية من الاستعداد إلى ما بعد الجاهزية»، (...)
شهد مؤتمر مبادرة القدرات البشرية في نسخته الثانية تحت شعار "مابعد الاستعداد للمستقبل"، ضمن أعماله المنعقدة في مركز الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي للمؤتمرات بالرياض، جلسة وزارية بعنوان "تفعيل وتوسيع الإمكانات البشرية من الاستعداد إلى ما بعد الجاهزية"، (...)
US funding cuts will lead to an additional 2,000 new HIV infections each day and over six million further deaths over the next four years, the UNAids chief has warned.
It would mark a stark reversal in the global fight against HIV, which has seen (...)
CAIRO — A meeting of the members of the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee and a senior official of the European Union condemned the resumption of hostilities and the targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. In a (...)
CAIRO — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Cairo on Sunday to take part in high-level discussions on the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
The meeting, organized by the Ministerial Committee formed during the Joint (...)
JEDDAH — The Arab – Islamic Ministerial Committee reiterated its demand to the international community to assume its moral and legal responsibilities by immediately intervening to put pressure on Israel to halt its aggression on the Gaza Strip and (...)
A Nigerian senator who alleged she was sexually harassed by one of the country's top politicians has told the BBC the Senate operates like a "cult".
A fortnight ago, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for six months after submitting a petition (...)
The US government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.
In response to an inquiry (...)
More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centers in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand.
The workers, more than half of whom were from African or Asian (...)
Thirty-eight people were injured, including six hospitalized, after a United Airlines flight from Lagos to Washington, D.C., encountered midair difficulties, Nigerian officials confirmed.
The exact nature of the emergency remains unclear, but video (...)
At least 70 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on Saturday when a petrol tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel that exploded, Reuters news agency reported citing the country's national emergency agency.
The accident in Niger (...)
A young gorilla rescued from a plane's cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said Sunday, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat.
The 5-month-old gorilla was discovered in a box on a Turkish Airlines (...)
Stampedes at three Christmas charity events across Nigeria have tragically left at least 67 people dead in the past week, many of them children.
At least 35 children were killed in southwestern Oyo state on Wednesday. And on Saturday, 22 people died (...)
A Nigerian man who has spent 10 years on death row for stealing some hens and eggs has been promised a pardon by the governor of the southwestern Osun state.
Segun Olowookere was 17 years old in 2010 when he was arrested along with his accomplice, (...)
LAGOS — The Saudi U-20 fencing team clinched the bronze medal in the épée event at the U-20 Fencing World Cup, which concluded on Sunday in Lagos, Nigeria.
The team secured a narrow 39-38 victory against Hong Kong, marking Saudi Arabia's first-ever (...)
An Islamic school teacher, Masud Abdulrasheed, is struggling to come to terms with the killing of his seven-year-old daughter in drone strikes by Nigeria's military during a religious festival in their large but sparsely populated village exactly a (...)
Chioma is adamant that Hope, the baby boy she is holding in her arms, is her son. After eight years of failed attempts to conceive, she sees him as her miracle baby.
"I'm the owner of my baby," she says defiantly.
She's sitting next to her husband, (...)
Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, becoming the first Dane to ever win the competition. The 21-year-old, a competitive dancer, entrepreneur, and aspiring lawyer, beat more than 120 other contestants to win the (...)
Once regarded as a safe haven for refugees, Kenya is slowly becoming a hostile place for some of those seeking protection from political persecution and war, rights groups say.
Their concerns come after masked men abducted at gunpoint four Turkish (...)
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the concept of reparations for former colonial nations affected by slavery "is not about the transfer of cash".
In his first comments since 56 Commonwealth leaders in October signed a joint letter saying (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia is hosting donors' conference to support displaced persons and refugees in Sahel and Lake Chad Basin on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Saudi Arabia, represented by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), will (...)
At least 94 people were killed in northern Nigeria when a crashed tanker exploded near locals who had gathered to retrieve fuel, police said.
The toll is expected to rise from the blast, which happened late evening local time on Tuesday in Majiya, a (...)
A zookeeper has been mauled to death by a lion in southwestern Nigeria after he failed to secure the locks on its enclosure when he went to feed it, police say.
The victim, a 35-year-old man, worked at the Presidential Library Wildlife Park, owned (...)
