Two years after 39 Vietnamese migrants died aboard a truck that travelled to Britain, Belgium on Wednesday opened the trial of 23 people suspected of involvement in the human-smuggling ring responsible.

Dancers moved gracefully in a circle, their beaded dress pieces swaying as they struck bird-like poses in a dance-drama known as “nora” – a southern Thai performance art which was added Wednesday to UNESCO’s prestigious heritage list.

Kenya has detected its first cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday.

A proposed Mayan tourist train in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula has divided residents in one of the country’s poorest regions, known for its indigenous uprisings.

On the cusp of sexual maturity, a young lioness is about to be sterilised. It’s to prevent mating with her father and uncles, the only three wild males on this small South African reserve.

In just a few minutes, an enormous century-year-old tree is felled by an electric saw in the middle of a protected national park. The giant collapses, sending a shockwave through the Colombian Amazon.

Fresh off winning the Brazilian league title for the first time in 50 years, football club Atletico Mineiro gave its fans free tattoos Monday to celebrate.

Susan Orten struggles for words as she picks through the destroyed home of her partner of 25 years, swept to his death as their picturesque town was reduced to rubble by Kentucky’s worst tornado on record.

Beirut in December was once a shopping extravaganza, where day-long traffic jams clogged streets decked out with flashing Christmas lights and building-sized billboards advertising champagne and jewellery.

Former Australia Test cricketer Michael Slater was charged on Wednesday with breaching a restraining order, two months after his arrest over allegations of domestic violence.

Nigeria’s traditional ruler in southern Benin city hosted a day of celebrations on Monday in anticipation of the long-awaited return of two bronze treasures looted during colonial times.

Police in the restive Solomon Islands on Tuesday pursued charges against a leading member of the opposition over deadly riots that rocked the country last month.

An Afghan whose daughter was among 10 relatives killed by a wrongly directed US drone strike expressed anger Tuesday at Washington’s announcement that nobody would be punished for the deadly mishit.

Malta’s parliament was set on Tuesday to approve plans to legalise possession and cultivation of cannabis for personal use – a first in Europe, although other countries tolerate it.

The United States has targeted eight people from the Democratic Republic of Congo with visa restrictions for their suspected role in illegal wildlife or timber trafficking, the State Department said.

France’s interior minister said on Tuesday he had launched a procedure to close a mosque for up to six months because of the radical nature of its imam’s preaching.

A Kenyan court on Tuesday suspended a government order to prevent those who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from accessing services and entering public places.

Nearly 90 000 Hong Kongers have applied for resettlement in Britain under a new visa scheme offering a pathway to citizenship, London said on Tuesday as it issued a report condemning China’s crackdown on dissent in the former colony.

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo warned EU lawmakers on Tuesday that the bloc’s drive to deliver Covid booster jabs could hamper inoculations in Africa, as he slammed travel bans over the Omicron variant

Gunmen linked to Libyan military chief Khalifa Haftar clashed overnight in the country’s south, authorities and local media said Tuesday, with medics reporting one person dead.

The disgraced ex-bodyguard of French President Emmanuel Macron was detained by police on Tuesday and questioned over a security contract signed by an associate with a Russian oligarch.

The UN on Tuesday officially recognised the 38 degrees Celsius measured in Siberia last year as a new record high for the Arctic, sounding “alarm bells” over climate change.

The mayor of a small Brazilian city took polarizing politics to another level when he fought a cage match to settle a score with an ex-councilman.

An earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, with monitors briefly warning of the possibility of hazardous tsunami waves before lifting the threat.

Authorities in California said on Monday they were reinstating mask mandates in all indoor public spaces to try to curb the resurgence of COVID-19 in recent weeks.