Some in Africa are celebrating the coups. Many are fed up and desperate for...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — After mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced they had deposed the country’s president, many residents danced in the streets and declared...
North Korea says it simulated nuclear attacks on South Korea and rehearsed occupation of...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday its latest missile launches simulated “scorched earth” nuclear strikes on South Korea and that it’s...
EU examines its training of African armies as another coup rocks the continent
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ministers expressed deep concern Thursday at the growing number of military coups across Africa as the bloc draws up...
Greece reinforces firefighting forces as a massive wildfire in the northeast burns for a...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities further reinforced firefighting forces in the country’s northeast Thursday, where a massive blaze in its 13th day has...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appoints new defense secretary after Ben Wallace resigns role
LONDON (AP) — Grant Shapps, one of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s staunchest Cabinet allies, was named U.K. defense secretary on Thursday as Sunak...
Ousting of Gabon’s unpopular leader was a ‘smokescreen’ for soldiers to seize power, analysts...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gabonese awoke Thursday to a new military leader after mutinous soldiers ousted a president whose family had ruled the oil-rich...
Palestinian kills 1 after ramming truck into soldiers at West Bank checkpoint and is...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian driver slammed his truck into soldiers at a busy checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Thursday,...
A building fire has killed at least 58 people, many homeless, in Johannesburg, authorities...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 58 people died when a fire ripped through a multi-story building in Johannesburg that had been overtaken by homeless...
Rain and a wrong address delayed firefighters reaching a Philippine factory blaze. 15 people...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fire killed 15 people Thursday in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where firefighters were delayed...
Government incentives and cost-conscious customers lead to electric vehicle boom in India
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Groceries stashed in the back of an electric delivery scooter are an increasingly familiar sight in the Indian city of...