The death toll from the most powerful bomb blast witnessed in Somalia’s capital rose to 231 with more than 200 injured, making it the deadliest single attack ever in the Horn of Africa nation, police and hospital sources said Sunday.Doctors struggled to assist horrifically wounded victims, many burnt beyond recognition. Officials feared the toll would […]

Hungry, destitute and scared, thousands of new Rohingya refugees crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar early on Monday, Reuters witnesses said, fleeing hunger and attacks by Buddhist mobs that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing.Wading through waist-deep water with children strapped to their sides, the refugees told Reuters they had walked through bushes […]

The head of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in Southeast Asia, who figures on the US “most wanted terrorist” list, was killed on Monday in the battle to reclaim a militant-held Philippines city, officials said.Isnilon Hapilon’s reported death came during a final push to end the nearly five-month siege of Marawi, a battle that […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to follow through on the “radical” immigration reform promised prior to his election, with all undocumented migrants convicted of a crime to be deported.In his first televised interview since taking office, Macron also staunchly defended his record in power, RT reported.“We’re taking care of the France where things aren’t […]

Wildfires in Portugal killed at least 32 people, injured dozens more and left others missing in the country’s second such tragedy in four months, officials said Monday. In neighboring Spain, four deaths were reported.The fatalities in Portugal occurred in densely forested parts of central and northern part of the country after blazes broke out in […]

The Israeli military says it has struck and destroyed an anti-aircraft battery in Syria after its planes were fired upon in Lebanese airspace. A military spokesman said the Israeli planes were on a routine reconnaissance mission over the Lebanon-Syria border area on Monday when they came under fire from the Syrian side of the border, […]

Pope Francis demanded Monday that world governments collectively commit to end rising world hunger by resolving the conflicts and climate change-related disasters that force people to leave their homes in search of their daily bread.Francis drew a standing ovation Monday at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, where he marked the UN’s World […]

Austria’s shift to the right in a parliamentary election has paved the way for young conservative star Sebastian Kurz to become the country’s next leader and opened a path for the resurgent far right to return to power.The People’s Party, which named 31-year-old Foreign Minister Kurz its leader only in May, secured a clear victory […]

Kurdish forces were withdrawing from Kirkuk on Monday as Iraqi federal forces moved into the disputed city and seized oil fields and other infrastructure amid soaring tensions over last month’s Kurdish vote for independence.Kurdish officials accused the Iraqi army of carrying out a “major, multi-prong attack,” and reported heavy clashes on the city’s outskirts, but […]

China’s 88-million-strong Communist Party of China (CPC) will open its 19th National Congress in Beijing on Wednesday. This key event occurs once every five years to set the Party’s national policy goals and elect its top leadership. The congress will review the party’s work since 2012 and chart…