The United Nations Security Council diplomats were shaken in their chairs, planes got briefly grounded, and furniture rattled across New York Friday when an earthquake jolted...
Agency Report At least four persons were feared dead and nearly 60 were injured on Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of...
Seven Chadian soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a landmine in a lawless region where jihadist groups including Nigeria’s Boko Haram and an Islamic State...
On Sunday, the Lagos State government announced the usage and distribution of styrofoam and other single-use plastics were banned with immediate effect. The Commissioner for the...
AFP Mauritius was bracing Monday for tropical cyclone Belal, with the authorities warning of possible flooding as the storm “dangerously” approaches the Indian Ocean island nation...
AFP At least 33 people, mostly children, were killed in a landslide in an indigenous community in northwestern Colombia, the country’s vice president said Saturday. Rescuers...
AFP Floods caused by intense rainfall have affected tens of thousands of people in Thailand’s deep south, officials said Monday, with some roads and railway lines...