Several interior ministry personnel were killed in a clash as they went to arrest an officer of the ousted Assad regime. Meanwhile Alawites across the nation protested the decimation of a holy shrine.

Haitian leader Leslie Voltaire condemned the "unacceptable" shooting in Port-au-Prince, which also left a police officer dead ...

In Nigeria, a month of parties, festivals and concerts known as Detty December is underway. But high inflation and soaring costs are taking their toll on many. Can Nigerians still afford to party hard ...

The Federal Security Service of Russia said a series of assassination attempts had been foiled. Four Russian citizens have ...

A day after violent protests and looting spread across Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, smoke billowed from destroyed buildings ...

A prison riot in Mozambique's capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country's police general commander ...

A passenger jet crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday (December 25), with many feared dead. T ...

With the old regime gone, Turk said there is now a “huge opportunity to craft a new Syria, which is anchored in human rights”, emphasising the country’s active civil society ...