Eleven Nigerien security personnel died in an ambush against a regional prefect’s motorcade near the country’s border with Burkina Faso on Wednesday, the interior ministry said on Friday. The ministry’s
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Friday it had killed at least 92 Huthi rebels in air strikes on two districts near the strategic city of Marib. The deaths
The UK has agreed a free trade deal with New Zealand which it says will benefit consumers and businesses, reports BBC. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the deal will cut
South Korea has launched its first homegrown rocket, stepping up the country’s ambitions in space. The Korean Satellite Launch Vehicle II, known as Nuri, took off from Goheung located 500km
As the global race to vaccinate masses against Covid continues, the overall death toll from the virus is fast approaching 4.10 million. The global Covid fatality figures and the total
Russia said Wednesday 1,028 people died of Covid over the past 24 hours, a new record, as President Vladimir Putin mulls introducing nationwide restrictions to curb the spread of the
More than 100 people have died in several days of massive flooding and devastating landslides that swept away roads and houses in India and Nepal, officials said Wednesday, with scores
A private plane crashed when attempting to take off Tuesday in Texas, with all 21 passengers and crew on board scrambling to safety before the aircraft burst into flames. Television images
The overall number of global Covid cases has now surged past 241 million, despite the ongoing mass inoculations in several countries. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total Covid
Poachers in Vietnam have shot dead five critically endangered langurs, a type of monkey killed for bushmeat and traditional medicine, state media said Tuesday. Rangers and police found the dead