Category: 4. World

ABUJA, Nigeria — The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 200 on Sunday, a local official said.

Torrents of predawn rainfall early Thursday unleashed the devastating…

Authorities in India have arrested a man for trying to smuggle dozens of rare reptiles, including venomous snakes, into the country.

The Indian citizen, who was returning from Thailand, was stopped by customs officials at the airport in Mumbai…

The Australian woman accused of killing three relatives and gravely injuring another with a toxic mushroom meal has taken to the witness stand at her trial.

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to four charges – three of murder and one of…

Final vote count gives conservative candidate 50.89 percent, while his liberal rival receives 49.11 percent.

Poland’s National Electoral Commission has declared nationalist Karol Nawrocki the winner of the presidential election.

With all votes…

A Chinese Harvard graduate’s speech calling for unity in a divided world, delivered days after the US vowed to “aggressively” revoke Chinese students’ visas, has sparked mixed reactions in the US and her home country.

“We don’t rise by proving…

While we wait for the jury to come back from their lunch break, here’s a reminder of the allegations at the centre of the case.

The jury is being asked to weigh up evidence…