No militant group, including the Taliban, claimed responsibility

Army and local civil rights group blame Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist armed group, for

Number of students kidnapped still to be determined; armed groups carrying out abductions for ransom

The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed

Authorities said additional security measures were put into place in all schools in Kazan

Disaster took place on Saturday in remote Siguiri province, 800 km (500 miles) from capital Conakry;

The blast, which killed at least 30 people and injured more than 50 others occurred in a Shiite Musl

Officials say government will send COVID-19 committees to various schools to assess whether teachers

Officials say it appears to be a targeted attack

At least 45 people were crushed to death and more than 100 injured in the disaster which occurred du

Witnesses spoke of seeing a 'pyramid' of people who were asphyxiated or trampled in a passageway aro

As many as 40 dead, scores hurt at sage's grave

Demonstrators want transitional military government to hand over power

Railway authorities say that at least four train wagons ran off their tracks at the city of Banha in

A fire trapped the children in straw-hut classrooms in a school in a poor neighborhood of the west A

Stampede was triggered when a wall collapsed after some people climbed it to view late President Joh

Sarah Obama, was the second wife of President Obama's grandfather and helped raise his father, Barac

Searchers found the crash site and lone survivor late Saturday night after the helicopter was report

Many demonstrators reportedly were killed in Hlaingthaya area

Scores are still missing after snowslide in Taliban-controlled area in Badakhshan province, making c

UN committee calls for enhanced security to protect staff in the field as it commiserates with famil

Witnesses tell local media dark grey Range Rover knocked people into air in city of Trier

A surprise eruption on the White Island, also known by its Maori name of Whakaari, on December 9, 20

Officials say multiple gunmen attacked six different locations

Kenyan teachers union is calling on government to give guidance to older teachers and those sufferin

Civilians call for investigation into the killings 

Officials confirmed at least 11 elderly women visa seekers were among the dead in the stampede outsi

Officials confirmed at least 11 elderly women visa seekers were among the dead in the stampede outsi

Authorities say the bus was crossing railway track when train struck vehicle near railway station so

The World Health Organization, national health authorities and others have cautioned that young peop

The illegal birthday party was organized on social media and drew a crowd of around 120 at the Thoma

Heavily-armed al-Shabab militants, who control parts of the region, tried to impose taxes on residen

The unidentified assailants threw a grenade into a group of people inside a camp for displaced peopl

Police said about 2,000 people have been arrested in Oromia Regional State after Hachalu Hundessa wa

Internet has been cut in most of the country, making it difficult for rights monitors to track the n

The explosion reportedly occurred as gas canisters caught fire in the basement of a medical clinic i

Temperatures checked, regular handwashing, strict social distancing among safety measures

Philip Luther, research and advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty Intern

Kenyan police say they are trying to figure out why the stampede began

Kenyan students in China stopped talking about academics on social media and started checking on eac

A local official told VOA Tuesday on condition of anonymity that insurgents raided a police post in

America is known as a melting pot of people from different ethnicities, cultures and religious belie

UN monitors confirm 107 activists died in 2019, but believe the death toll could be as high as 120

Iranian and Iraqi officials have so far confirmed US attack killed eight other people who were accom

Building in coastal Kep province was meant to be a hotel

Iraqi state TV and three Iraqi officials say Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite

Official offers no possible motive, but such killings frequently involve score settling between riva