Sixteen people were killed and 48 injured, six seriously, when two buses collided in central Mali, the transport ministry said Friday in a statement seen by AFP. "A traffic accident occurred this Thursday, July 25, around 8:30 am (0830 GMT), at Ouan in San region," the

Barack Obama has endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee, ending days of speculation over whether he would support her. Former President Obama and ex-First Lady Michelle Obama said in a joint statement that they believe Ms Harris has the

The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed floating barriers and started to clean up an oil spill to prevent it from reaching the capital, Manila. Authorities are racing to stop the oil spill from the 65-metre-long (213 feet) MT Terra Nova, which capsized on Thursday as monsoon rains

The Paris police chief has announced that more force would be deployed to beef up security at Paris train stations following overnight attacks on SNCF railway lines. More police forces have been directed to the Paris stations on Friday due to large crowds stuck in those areas following

Sri Lanka’s first presidential elections since an unprecedented economic crisis spurred widespread unrest will be held in September, the election commission said Friday. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has steered an effort to repair the island nation’s ruined finances,

Authorities evacuated nearly 300,000 people and suspended public transport across eastern China on Friday, as Typhoon Gaemi brought torrential rains already responsible for five deaths in nearby Taiwan. Gaemi was the strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years when it made landfall

Israeli forces carried out new raids in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to address the US Congress. The latest Israeli attacks destroyed homes in towns east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza and thousands of people were forced to head

The world again registered its hottest day on record on Monday, inching past the previous high recorded just 24 hours earlier on Sunday, according to preliminary data from a European Union monitoring agency. As heatwaves sizzled around the world and wildfires engulfed parts of the

Australia on Thursday imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on seven Israeli settlers and a youth group it said had been involved in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. The unnamed group was responsible for inciting and perpetrating violence against Palestinians,

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced the allocation of Rs 6,21,940 crore to the Defence Ministry in the Union Budget 2024-25, a 4.79 per cent increase from the previous financial year. The budget allocation to the Defence Ministry is the highest among all ministries.

Israeli forces carried out new raids in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to address the US Congress. The latest Israeli attacks destroyed homes in towns east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza and thousands of people were forced to head

An aircraft belonging to a private airline company with 19 people on board crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. As per the latest information at least 18 people were reportedly killed. At least 19 people, including

Vice President Kamala Harris is narrowly beating rival Donald Trump in a national presidential poll released Tuesday, one of the first conducted since US President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign. Harris holds a two-point lead over Trump, 44 percent to 42 percent, according to

The head of the United States Secret Service is stepping down over the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, after days of mounting pressure and criticism for failing to prevent the shooting. The Associated Press news agency said Kimberly Cheatle sent an email to

More than 200 people have been killed in two landslides in southern Ethiopia, authorities said. The first landslide, triggered by heavy rains in a remote region of Gofa zone, occurred on Monday and was followed by a second one that buried people who had gathered to help, state

“All rules of war have been broken in Gaza”, with at least eight schools housing displaced Palestinians attacked by Israel in last 10 days, says UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini. Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports at least 81 killed in day of attacks targeting homes and

Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering mild symptoms, the White House says. Karine Jean-Pierre, his press secretary, said the US president was vaccinated and boosted. He has tested positive for Covid twice before. Mr Biden, 81, was seen earlier on Wednesday

Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick JD Vance vowed in a primetime speech to fight for working-class Americans that he argued had been “cast aside and forgotten” by the Democrats. Introducing himself to millions of Americans watching on TV at home, the Ohio senator

Malaysia’s nearly 100-year-old former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been hospitalized for “continuous coughing,” his aide said Thursday. “Mahathir is expected to be treated for the next few days,” Sufi Yusoff said, adding he had been admitted on

At least 48 people were killed in three Israeli air strikes in less than one hour on Tuesday, Gaza’s civil defence agency said. The attacks killed at least 25 people at a UN-run school in central Gaza’s Nuseirat area, 18 were killed in southern Khan Younis, and five people