DNA testing was due to begin in Kenya on Monday to help identify the boys who lost their lives in a deadly school dormitory blaze last week.
When he was a witch doctor, Moussa Diallo would regularly smear himself in a lotion made from a clitoris cut from a girl subjected to female genital mutilation.
Shelling killed at least 21 people at a market in southeast Sudan Sunday, a day after the country's rulers rejected a call by UN experts for an independent force to protect civilians from the devastating civil war.
Catholic devotees were clamouring to see Pope Francis before his arrival in East Timor's capital on Monday -- making pilgrimages from faraway towns and hours-long crossings of its shared border with Indonesia.
The late Queen Mother left the prince a hefty 'tax-expedient' gift
Switzerland landed a Paralympics double when Catherine Debrunner and Marcel Hug won the wheelchair marathon events on the final day of competition on Sunday.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday urged President Emmanuel Macron to hold a referendum on key issues such as immigration, suggesting that giving the French a direct vote might help break the political deadlock.
The head of a United Nations body investigating crimes by the Islamic State group in Iraq expressed regret over "misunderstandings" that led to the premature end of its crucial mission, at Baghdad's request.
But pontiff urged an end to violence and 'superstition and magic' that he warned tarnishes communities
The Venezuelan government said Saturday opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia -- in hiding after he challenged President Nicolas Maduro's disputed reelection -- has left the country, seeking asylum in Spain.
Amina Sohail veers through heavy traffic to pick up her next passenger -- the sight of a woman riding a motorcycle drawing stares in Pakistan's megacity of Karachi.
Venezuela said Saturday it was revoking permission for Brazil to represent Argentina's diplomatic interests in the country in the messy aftermath of President Nicolas Maduro's disputed reelection.
The transfer followed months of White House warnings to Tehran against sharing the deadly weapons.
Born during the dark days of dictatorship, Pedro Almodovar -- awarded the top prize in Venice Saturday -- chronicled in vivid colour the reopening of Spanish society, and has come to embody his country's cinema.
Pyongyang's operatives use stolen identities and fake photos to land remote jobs where they steal intellectual property, launch cyberattacks and help fund Kim Jong Un's weapons program.
Thousands of left-wing demonstrators on Saturday took to the streets across France to protest against the nomination of the centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister and denounce President Emmanuel Macron's "power grab."
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot dead on Friday when Israeli troops said they fired on demonstrators
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reaffirmed her support for Ukraine's "legitimate defence" Saturday in talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky, as he visited allies to press for more weapons to fight Russia.
Eleven-year-old Devlin Nyawira fled the deadly blaze that tore through a school dormitory in central Kenya by breaking through a window, screaming and banging metal boxes to wake up the boys around him.
Ukraine's security services said Saturday they had struck a Russian ammunition factory in a border region, as Moscow's forces claimed yet another advance on the battlefield.
In a statement on the Telegram app, the air force reported that air defense units were mobilized across 11 regions throughout Ukraine.
Giorgia Meloni reaffirmed backing for Ukraine after talks with Ukraine's president as he visited allies to press for more weapons to fight Russia
Pope Francis visited Papua New Guinea Saturday, where he called for vast natural resources to benefit the "entire community" -- a politically charged demand in a nation where many believe their riches are being stolen or squandered.
Families of children at a Kenyan primary school where a dormitory blaze killed 17 boys were facing an anguished wait Saturday for news of their missing loved ones.
The Venice Film Festival wraps up Saturday with one winner to be awarded the prestigious Golden Lion prize out of an eclectic roster of exceptional international films.
Pope Francis told Papua New Guinea's leaders Saturday that vast natural resources must benefit the "entire community", a politically charged call in a nation where many believe riches are being squandered or stolen.
Led by beleaguered ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's political right will rally for "democracy and freedom" Saturday amid a free speech tussle that has seen X, their preferred social platform, suspended in the country.
The United States on Friday warned businesses of growing risks operating in Hong Kong, saying that routine activities could run afoul of the financial hub's new national security regulations.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin unveiled the package at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany.
Four white coffins -- one slightly smaller than the others -- were placed into a family grave in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday.
