Winds Force Cape Town To Cancel Bike Ride
High winds forced Cape Town to cancel its annual cycle tour on Sunday as gales threatened to knock riders off ...
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10,000 Displaced As Cyclone Pounds Madagascar
More than 10,000 Madagascans have been forced out of their homes over the past 48 hours as tropical cyclone Enawo ...
Cyclone Kills Four, Heading Towards Madagascar Capital
At least four people have been killed by tropical cyclone Enawo in Madagascar, the prime minister said Wednesday, as the ...
Zimbabwe State Doctors End Crippling Strike
State doctors in Zimbabwe called off a three-week strike that paralysed hospitals "on compassionate grounds", a union leader said Monday, ...
Sudan Jails Rights Activists In Spy, Fake Reports Case
A Sudanese court on Sunday sentenced three human rights activists to a year each in jail after convicting them of ...
66,000 Displaced In Recent North Syria Fighting
A total of 66,000 people have been displaced by fighting along two fronts in Syria's fractured north, the United Nation's ...
Thousands Flee Syria Army Advance In North
Tens of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled advancing Russian-backed regime forces fighting Islamic State group jihadists in the north ...
US Forces Look On As Allies Clash In North Syria
US soldiers aboard Humvee armoured vehicles have been watching from a distance as two of their allies, Turkish-backed forces and ...
Iraqi Kurd Forces Halt Pumping Through Key Oil Pipeline
Iraqi Kurdish forces deployed at a state-run oil company Thursday, temporarily halting pumping through a pipeline that is one of ...
Aid Worries Rise For South Sudan Refugees Inside Sudan
As hundreds of South Sudanese fleeing famine and civil war enter Sudan each day, aid workers warn of a lack ...
Palestinians, Israel Soldiers Clash In West Bank’s Hebron
Hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers Friday in the powderkeg West Bank city of Hebron on the anniversary ...
Suicide Bomber Kills 42 Near Syria Town Taken From ISIS
A suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels just outside the Syrian town of Al-Bab Friday, killing 42 people in a major ...
Suicide Bomber Kills 42 Near Syria Town Taken From IS
A suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels just outside the Syrian town of Al-Bab Friday, killing 42 people in a major ...
Iraq Forces Attack IS-Held Mosul Airport
Iraqi forces backed by jets, drones and gunships attacked Mosul airport Thursday, a key step in a renewed offensive against ...
Patients Feel the Pinch As Zimbabwe Doctors Strike
Hundreds of patients endured long hours waiting in casualty units at Zimbabwe´s state hospitals Saturday due to a crippling strike ...
Gambia Celebrates Barrow’s Inauguration
Thousands celebrated Saturday as new Gambian President Adama Barrow retook his oath of office, a month after he was sworn ...
Yemen Air Raid Kills Eight Women, Child At Funeral
An air strike killed eight women and a child at a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital, witnesses said Thursday, ...
Israel Begins Evacuation of Illegal Amona Outpost
Hundreds of Israeli border police have entered a hardline Jewish settlement outpost in the West Bank Wednesday to evict its ...