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An invasion by desert locusts has hit large swathes of India and Pakistan in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fifty trafficked Nigerian women have been rescued from Lebanon and returned home, Nigeria's foreign minister says. They have all...

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is set to reopen its trading floor on Tuesday after a two-month closure due to the...

The authorities in Burundi say the ruling party’s candidate has been elected as the new president. The electoral commission...

US President Donald Trump has threatened to move the 2020 Republican convention from North Carolina due to coronavirus restrictions there.

A trans woman in France has won election in her local commune to become the country's first openly transgender mayor.

Western Australia has been battered by a massive storm which ripped roofs off houses and downed trees across a 1,000km (620 miles)...

At least four people have been killed and 15 others were injured in Somalia when an explosion went off during Eid celebrations.

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has announced the release of up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners, after the Islamist group proposed a ceasefire.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pardoned more than 3,000 prisoners, in a move coinciding with the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the...