Call it a struggle for the soul of the ghetto. Uganda’s longtime president this month went on a whirlwind tour of some of the capital’s poorest slums, handing out checks totaling over a quarter-million dollars. The next day, residents turned up in…
Five years after al-Shabab fighters burst into a luxury shopping mall in Kenya‘s capital, hurling grenades and starting a days-long siege that left 67 people dead, analysts say the Somalia-based extremist group has been pushed down Africa’s east coast as far as…
Russian state media has released video of President Vladimir Putin showing off with a new Kalashnikov sniper rifle in the latest stunt intended to burnish his macho image. In the video, Putin is seen staring down the scope of the SVCh-308 rifle…
A bus driver in France faces disciplinary actions for slapping a teenager, who allegedly ran on the road in front of the bus and insulted the driver. The incident took place last week in the city of Arcueil, located in the south…
Dozens of passengers on a Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Jaipur were injured after their plane lost cabin pressure on Thursday. People onboard Jet Airways flight 9W 697 posted photos and videos of the incident on Twitter, in which the passengers…
A train slammed into an electric cargo bike in the Netherlands on Thursday, killing four young children and leaving two other people critically injured, authorities said. Police spokeswoman Dianne van Gameren said the victims were “primary school age” and some of them…
Ethiopia’s stunning political reforms are now threatened by long-standing ethnic tensions that have roared back to life since a young prime minister took power just five months ago and promised greater freedoms. While exiled groups once banned as terror organizations are welcomed…
A Tanzanian passenger ferry capsized on Lake Victoria and the death toll of 44 was expected to rise when rescue efforts resume Friday, an official said. Thirty-seven people were rescued after the sinking Thursday afternoon, Mwanza regional commissioner John Mongella told The…
The U.N. food agency said Wednesday time was running out for aid groups working in Yemen to prevent a “devastating” famine in the war-torn country. World Food Program said new entry points were urgently needed to bring in humanitarian food aid and…
Across Iran‘s capital, rush-hour traffic always grinds to a halt, a sea of boxy Renault four-doors and Peugeot coupes all idling their way through the streets of Tehran. Soon, however, Iran’s faltering nuclear deal with world powers may be what causes the…
