Category: 4. World

SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced Tuesday.

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MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

Pauline Hanson, the…

Police said on Tuesday gunmen in the Nigerian state of Kwara have kidnapped 10 women and children in the latest armed gang seizure to rock Africa’s most populous country.

Authorities said the Monday night seizure in the western state targeted…

It will affect millions of travelers.

Travelers, a trip to London is soon going to cost extra. The English capital is planning a tourist tax on overnight stays at hotels and Airbnbs. It is not yet known how…

A Ukrainian attack on the aircraft manufacturer Beriev’s…

Israel has received, via the Red Cross, a coffin that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) say contains the body of one of the last three deceased hostages still in Gaza, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office.

Israeli forces will…

Israel’s war in Gaza has created a “human-made abyss”, and reconstruction is likely to cost more than $70bn (£53bn) over several decades, the United Nations has said.

The UN’s trade and development agency (Unctad) said in a report that…

Venezuela prepares for one of its most ambitious Aviation Day celebrations as Su-30MK2V and F-16A fighter jets conduct high-profile drills across key Caribbean islands.

Major Fighter Drills to Mark Aviation Day

On the…

A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first documented use…