Philippines’ Muslim-majority Bangsamoro region votes
Voting is underway in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the southern Philippines in the first parliamentary elections since the region was...
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Ex-CIA boss was at Ukrainian station when Russian drone struck train
Former US CIA director David Petraeus was at a Ukrainian train station at the very moment a Russian drone struck a passenger train on Sunday,...
Israeli attack on Gaza kills 2 Palestinians
An Israeli air strike on a vehicle in Gaza City has killed at least two people and wounded 13 others, medics say. The attack on...
Iraq probes Saudi attacks, closes Iran crossings
Iraq has closed some border crossings with Iran while investigating drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline that it confirms were launched from its...
1,400 Yemenis flee to Djibouti in a day
About 1,400 people have fled Yemen for Djibouti in a 24-hour period, Djibouti’s economy and finance minister says, as Houthi fighters tighten their grip on...
DR Congo’s Ebola epidemic tops 7,000 cases
More than 7,000 Ebola cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) worst outbreak of the deadly disease, according to figures...
Macron, Carney to visit French Islands after Trump Map
The US president on Monday posted an image to social media with a map of North America in which Canada, Greenland and Mexico, much of...
Russian official to join G20 energy meeting
A Russian official will attend a G20 energy meeting in Houston next week, a White House official said on Friday. Last month, the U.S. welcomed...
NGOs warn over Tunisia prison heat deaths
At least 23 prisoners have died in Tunisia in recent weeks due to extreme heat, according to rights advocates, who have long condemned harsh detention...
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles
North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Saturday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, a day after the United States,...
Train derails in France, 44 injured
A passenger train derailed in northwestern France on Friday, injuring 44 people, one critically, local authorities saidThe train, which was carrying 186 passengers, was travelling...
Philippines ferry fire death toll reaches 35
The bodies of passengers killed in a ferry fire off the Philippines arrived at a port near the resort town of Coron, Palawan, on Saturday...