Buildings toppled, people trapped; the early-morning quake was also felt in Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela -- itself hit by a devastating quake in late June

Nine civilians were killed in a drone attack Wednesday, a medical source told AFP, two days after paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo said he had “unleashed” his Rapid Support Forces.

Albanese says Australia must write its own AI rules to safeguard national interests

Two people were killed Saturday and at least four more were wounded in a shooting at a salsa festival in Toronto

A 4.6-magnitude aftershock struck north of Caracas, USGS said

The US military is planning a permanent war-ready weapons stockpile for its Marine Corps on Australia’s southeast coast beyond the range of most Chinese missiles, tender documents show and officials confirmed to AFP.

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief announced a $518 million six-month joint plan to fight Ebola yesterday, calling for money and political commitment to halt the spread of the outbreak that is already the fourth biggest on record.

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief announced a $518 million six-month joint plan to fight Ebola yesterday, calling for money and political commitment to halt the spread of the outbreak that is already the fourth biggest on record.

Ebola has killed more than 15,000 people across Africa in the past half-century

A bomb disposal unit was called to an Australian airport on Thursday -- only to find the suspicious object was a laser hair removal device

Public hearings began with members of Sydney's Jewish community expected to talk about their experience of antisemitism

One of Australia’s most-decorated soldiers was charged Tuesday with murdering unarmed prisoners captured in Afghanistan, police said following a sweeping war crimes probe.

China yesterday condemned Australia and New Zealand for “colonial-style arrogance” and poor treatment of Indigenous people after a joint statement by the two nations raised concerns over Beijing’s rights record.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said yesterday that 26 of its staff were “unaccounted for” after a surge in violence in South Sudan in recent weeks.

The attack occurred in the night of Thursday into Friday in the remote village

At least 50 people were killed, and several women and children were abducted after armed men attacked a village in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, a state lawmaker told Reuters yesterday.

The UN’s independent fact-finding mission on Sudan said yesterday the paramilitary siege and capture of El-Fasher bore “the hallmarks of genocide”.

The United Nations is “fully committed” to piling on pressure for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, which has been devastated by nearly three years of civil war, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday.

At least 21 people drowned when a boat sank in the Nile River in northern Sudan, according to the local state government and eyewitnesses interviewed by AFP.

A drone strike blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed two children and injured 12 others yesterday in the southern Kordofan city of El-Rahad, a medical source told AFP.