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Dozens of people were killed in a clash between Islamist militants and government forces in northern Burkina Faso on Wednesday as violence spirals anew in West Africa's Sahel region.

The incident took place on August 14 when hundreds of youngsters were celebrating Independence Day at Azadi Chowk near Minar-i-Pakistan in Lahore

Britain's Prime Minister said the hardliners should be judged based on attitudes to terrorism, to crime and narcotics, as well as humanitarian access and the rights of girls to receive an education.

US President Joe Biden in April announced that all American troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11 this year.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who has been criticized for opposing mask mandates and vaccine passports is now touting a COVID-19 antibody treatment in which a top donor's company has invested millions of dollars.

Nearly 30 years after an infant girl's stabbed body was found floating on a South Carolina river, authorities announced the arrest Tuesday of the child's mother and said she has been charged in the death.

The Taliban has told the United States it will provide safe passage for civilians to reach the airport in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because until now no one wanted details of negotiations released to the media.

Thousands of people desperate to flee Afghanistan thronged Kabul's airport on Monday after the Taliban seized the capital, prompting the United States to pause evacuations much of the day as President Joe Biden confronted mounting criticism over the U.S....

A murder suspect was released from jail Monday after his trial was postponed when Dallas police revealed they had lost a massive amount of criminal data.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is using increasingly stark language as he campaigns in the final month of a tight recall election, calling it a matter of life or death" that voters keep him in office and he is increasingly targeting a single Republican cand...

The Houston Astros have agreed to a settlement with the family of a 2yearold girl struck by a foul ball during a 2019 Astros game at Minute Maid Park, the family's attorney said Monday.

Firefighters are keeping an eye on a lone, emaciated bear cub that may have lost its mother to the country's largest wildfire now burning in Northern California.

Vaccine mandates expanded Monday as New York state ordered hospital and nursing home workers to get COVID19 inoculations and New York City was poised to start requiring them for anyone in restaurant dining rooms, gyms, museums and many other leisure venue...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Monday that Afghans fleeing from the Taliban to neighbouring countries could make their way to Europe, in a repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis, if they don't get sufficient humanitarian assistance.

The downing took place in southeastern Uzbekistan, in the Surkhandarya region on the border with Afghanistan.