The bodies of nine refugees and migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region have been buried with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem.
Fisherme...
Voters flocked to polling stations in the second phase of India’s marathon general elections, officials said Friday.
Indian Election Commission authorities posted pictures of voting taking place whic...
A boat carrying 77 migrants, including children, has capsized off the coast of Djibouti, killing 16 people, the International Organization for Migration reported.
In a statement Tuesday on X, the UN...
A race car veered off the track during a competition in Sri Lanka and rammed into a crowd of spectators and race officials, killing seven people and injuring 20 others, officials have said.
Thousands...
Brazilian police investigating the grim discovery of a boat with nine decomposing bodies have said the victims were likely African refugees from Mali and Mauritania.
On Tuesday afternoon, officials s...
At least 33 people have been killed over three days of heavy rains and flash flooding in Afghanistan, the government's disaster management department has said.
"From Friday onward, because of the rai...
Britain’s health secretary said that the first flights carrying migrants to Rwanda will take off "within weeks" while not disclosing whether the government had found a carrier.
Victoria Atkins said t...
Following the large fire breaking out of M. Rabeeu Villa on Wednesday evening, Keneree Magu, the building's home street, has been sealed off from public entry.
Maldives Police Service confirmed to 'S...
A teenage girl who went on a picnic to an uninhabited island near Th. Vilushi has died in a drowning accident.
The police identified the deceased as a 17-year-old girl. According to a police spokespe...
More than 90 people died when an overcrowded makeshift ferry sank off the north coast of Mozambique, local authorities have said.
The converted fishing boat, carrying about 130 people, ran into troub...
