Category: 4. World

At least 49 people have died in South Africa after heavy rains caused major flooding Eastern Cape province, officials said on Wednesday.

The largely rural region, which stretches from the Indian Ocean into high inland mountains, has been…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is drawing down the presence of people who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East due to the potential for regional unrest, the State Department and…

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of sex crimes on Wednesday in a retrial of his landmark #MeToo case from 2020.

A Manhattan jury found Weinstein guilty of sexually assaulting actress Miriam Haley.

However, he was…

With strings attached — that is how almost all the recent foreign aid and assistance into Syria should be seen. After the December 2024 rebel offensive that toppled the country’s decades-long Assad family dictatorship, various neighboring…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faced a major test Wednesday after the opposition submitted a bill to dissolve parliament, with his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners threatening to…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The deadliest attack in Israel’s history happened on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s watch. The country’s economy is struggling under the weight of the ongoing war in Gaza. And…

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined Northern Ireland’s political leaders on Wednesday in condemning violence and racially motivated unrest that left police injured and multiple homes and businesses damaged.

Tensions have flared in Northern…

Syria’s Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis – a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet – or other “decent” clothes at public beaches and swimming pools.

The regulations, issued by…

Brian Wilson, leader of iconic rock band The Beach Boys, has passed away, his family said on Wednesday. He was 82.

“We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away,” his family said in a statement.

“We are at…