The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said.

The electoral commission for the southern African nation said poll workers had been attacked and ballots had been stolen as both top candidates claimed leads.

Extreme temperatures and repeated wildfires are pushing infrastructure to the limit and testing the continent’s resolve.

Wildfires threatened homes and communities across several countries in Europe this week, as the continent endured its fifth summer heat wave.

The pact says an armed ⁠⁠attack on any one of the ⁠⁠three countries would be ⁠⁠regarded as an ⁠⁠attack against them all.

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior aide, is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who has rejected a U.S.-backed deal to disarm Hamas.

Kevin Rideout, a pilot, was abducted from his home in the country’s capital, Niamey, last fall. His mission organization said he was in “good health” after his release.

In Moldova, Moscow paid Orthodox priests, conducted a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps on election interference — all in an effort to derail the Western-leaning government.

Barcelona will aim to become the first club to three-peat in the Spain Primera Division since 2008-11 Pep Guardiola era.

Pyongyang has accused the US of pushing the world ‘to the brink of nuclear war’.

US firm tightens oversight of automatic licence-plate readers after reports of misuse by police officers.

Historic Taybeh, a Palestinian Christian town in the occupied West Bank, targeted by settlers in coordinated attacks.

Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K., won the parliamentary by-election in Clacton. Count Binface, his costumed main rival, came second.

Malian army says the soldiers were held prisoner by Tuareg and al-Qaeda-linked armed groups in the northern region.

Brazil has not yet decided whether it will proceed with retaliatory measures, but commits to defending its position.

Taking El Obeid would allow the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to consolidate its hold on western Sudan, a significant strategic goal.

The result could offer an early signal of shifting alliances and voter sentiment before the presidential race.

Bodycam video captured the moment lightning struck just metres from South Dakota Highway Patrol officers.

Donald Trump says the law stopping him from seeking a third presidential term is ‘very strong’.

UN rights office and Palestine Foreign Ministry call days-long Israeli settler siege in Qusra ‘criminal’ and ‘inhumane’.

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz praised radical Hilltop Youth settlers for ‘holding onto’ Palestinian land.

Norway’s FM Espen Barth Eide says the Iran war failed to achieve its initial aims and strengthened hardliners in Tehran.

The crucial 72-hour window to find survivors has passed, but rescue teams in Colombia keep digging.

Grifols, a Spanish company, said “unfounded attention” on its blood plasma business in Canada had led it to temporarily end collections at 17 clinics.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US can sustain its blockade against Iran ‘indefinitely’.

Civilian and military casualties have been reported as fighting has flared across Yemeni front lines in recent days.

Latest Israeli attacks kill police official Jamal Abu Kamil in Gaza City and another person in Khan Younis.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it had found a bird’s remains and feathers on a broken engine.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia visited the Kuril Islands on Thursday for the first time since they were seized from Japan at the end of World War II.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan has been a public critic of Mr. Putin, who has denounced her country’s sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war.

Supporters of Andrew and Tristan Tate gathered outside a Miami detention centre ahead of their bail hearing.

Decrees restricting women’s rights to study, work, travel and act independently now threaten to damage Afghanistan permanently, experts say.

The military’s failure to keep extremists away from two Palestinian families trapped in their West Bank homes made clear the chaos gripping the Israeli-occupied territory.