An explosion tore through crowds of people who had rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker in northern Nigeria, killing at least 147,…
Security forces in Mozambique opened fire October 16 to disperse hundreds of supporters of opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane who claims to have won elections a…
After more than 30 years on air, Istanbul's Acik radio fell silent October 16 after the station was shut down by Turkish authorities, six months…
US President Joe Biden announced October 17 further student debt relief for public servants -- amounting to around $4.5 billion -- with just over two…
Clashes between Ethiopian federal forces and militias in the country's north-west are placing fleeing Sudanese refugees at "grave risk", Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on…
An online leak of the names of hundreds of staff of a new much-touted Greek anti-crime unit has put the officers' lives at risk, the…
A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed almost 100 people and left 50 injured, police said on October 16. Many of the victims…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on October 16 ruled out ceding any of the country's territory to Russia while presenting a long-awaited "Victory Plan" to parliament.…
A judge in the closely watched US swing state of Georgia blocked a new rule October 15 that would have required election workers to hand-count…
A navy ship carrying migrants intercepted in Italian waters docked early October 16 in Albania, nearly a year after Rome and Tirana reached a controversial…
Several hundred mourners on October 15 attended a mass funeral service for 19 victims of the devastating floods and landslides that hit Bosnia earlier this…
Two human rights groups on October 15 accused Yemen's Huthi rebels of arbitrarily arresting dozens of people for celebrating the anniversary of a 1962 coup…
Uganda said October 15 it had signed a $3 billion deal with a Turkish company to build an electric railway line that will link the…
The Colombian government said October 15 it had granted the country's Indigenous groups new environmental authority on their lands, just days before hosting the UN's…
A UK lawmaker was October 16 to introduce into parliament legislation that would legalise assisted dying, setting up the first vote on the emotive issue…
Airbus plans to cut up to 2,500 jobs in its struggling satellite division, a source said October 16 -- the latest sign of trouble for…
Conflict-ravaged Gaza appears to be facing the worst restrictions on aid since the Israel-Hamas war began over a year ago, the UN said Tuesday, lamenting…
The Turkish government defended a proposed tax on credit cards on October 15, saying it was needed to fund the arms industry and protect the…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed on October 14 that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has fled the country, making light of her alleged departure after…
Russia will reduce its consular staff in Norway following a request from Oslo, the Russian embassy has said. In a post on Facebook late October…
A Russian court on October 14 sentenced a French researcher to three years in a penal colony after finding him guilty of breaching a "foreign…
Lithuania's Social Democratic Party won the most seats in the first round of parliamentary elections, putting it on course to lead a centre-left coalition in…
A second round of a campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza against polio began October 14 as Israeli forces continued deadly…
A Kenyan court is due to rule October 15 on a last-ditch case seeking to stop a Senate debate and vote on the impeachment of…
Authorities in the French Caribbean island of Martinique have extended a night-time curfew following a new wave of riots over spiralling food prices, while talks…
