Gaza — Israeli fighter jets reportedly hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday shortly after a weeklong truce expired, the military ...

SOUTH AFRICA – Winding gear at a giant South African platinum mine failed sending an elevator into a precipitous fall that killed 11 ...

GAZA/PALASTINE – The Israel Prison Service (IPS) Tuesday night confirmed that 30 Palestinians had been released under the truce deal between it and ...

NAIROBI – Kenya’s parliament has banned the wearing of a suit named after the late Zambian President, Kenneth Kaunda, within the building. Speaker ...

GAZA/PALASTINE – The truce between Israel and Hamas entered its final 24 hours on Monday, with the militant group saying it was willing ...

GAZA – Hamas on Friday released 24 hostages it held captive in Gaza for weeks, while Israel freed 39 Palestinians from prison in ...

GAZA – A temporary truce period in the Israel-Hamas war has started – and despite no official word from either side, it appeared ...

ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar’s incumbent President, Andry Rajoelina, has taken a massive early lead in last Thursday’s election, boycotted by some parties, with votes ...

SUDAN – Two rebel groups from Sudan’s Darfur region have vowed to fight alongside the army in the country’s civil war. This comes ...

ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe on Friday declared a state of emergency in the capital, Harare, over a deadly cholera outbreak. The capital of some ...