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Human rights groups have urged Sri Lanka to release a prominent student activist arrested five months ago during anti-government protests triggered by the country’s worst economic crisis. Wasantha Mudalige, being held without charges…

For weeks, California has experienced a series of storms and mudslides, and while the weather is expected to moderate, county officials are urging residents to continue exercising caution. “All evacuation orders have been lifted, but…

The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday, with dozens more missing, making it the deadliest civilian incident of Moscow's three-month campaign of hurling missiles at cities far from…

On Monday, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned from Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany's government, the culmination of growing doubt about her ability to revive Germany's armed forces against the backdrop of the Ukraine…

Nine Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Kogi East Senatorial District have thrown their weight behind the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima. The LGAs on…

Nigeria's governing party, the All Progressives Congress, APC says it will take steps in the next few days to seek the disqualification of the Presidential Candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar in court.…

Italy's most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run. State media reported that Denaro, who was the boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra mafia, was detained in a private clinic in…

Nepal, the Himalayan nation, observes a day of mourning after the deadliest plane crash in 30 years occurred. Meanwhile, rescuers have resumed searching for four people still missing after recovering 68 bodies out of the 72 people on…

The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, travelled to the Mexican border City of El Paso on Sunday and declared that "there is no room in New York for busloads of migrants being sent to America's most populous city." Eric Adams, a Democrat,…

Afghan Police confirmed that a former Afghan MP, Mursal Nabizada, 32, and her bodyguard were shot dead at her home in the capital Kabul. Nabizada was one of the few female M.Ps who stayed in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in August…