Asmaa was terrified at the thought of giving birth again, but with abortion largely illegal in Morocco she turned to the thriving illicit online pills market to end her pregnancy….

Taiwan’s new president said Sunday he was still ready to work with China, despite this week’s military drills around the self-ruled island. The drills began around Taiwan Thursday, just three…

Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis left their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for the expected landfall of an intense cyclone, officials…

Four young children were among 27 people killed when a fire in India ripped through a crowded amusement park, a top local official said Sunday, as rescuers scoured the site…

Burkina Faso’s military regime, in power since a 2022 coup, will extend its rule for five years under an accord adopted during national consultations on Saturday, the talks’ chairman said….

Haiti is waiting desperately for the first members of a Kenyan-led multinational force tasked with ending the stranglehold of powerful and ultra-violent gangs, but their hoped-for arrival this week was…

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress staged its last major stadium rally Saturday ahead of next week’s election, fighting to restore its glory and protect its unbeaten streak of post-apartheid…

G7 finance ministers were set to urge Israel Saturday not to disrupt “vital financial transactions” in the occupied Palestinian territories, following indications it could cut off Palestinian banks. “We call…

By AFP 25 May 2024   |   12:00 pm Russia said Saturday its army had captured another village in eastern Ukraine in the latest of a series of small…

Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, despite an order from the UN’s top court for it to “immediately halt” its military offensive in the southern city. At…