The U.S. reached yet another harrowing milestone on Wednesday as the coronavirus death toll topped 100,000. Globally, COVID-19 has been linked to over 353,000 fatalities and over 5.6 million cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University heat map.

A waiter in France was shot to death Friday night after a customer was allegedly enraged by having to wait too long for his sandwich.

One person was seriously hurt when a pre-teen suicide bomber detonated her explosives early during an attack in Nigeria on Saturday, and an angry crowd captured another female bomber and lynched her, AFP reported. No one had claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred near a food vendor selling noodles around 9:30 p.m.; however, the […]

{Researchers using an imaging technology called muography to “see” inside the Great Pyramid of Giza believe they have found two previously undiscovered cavities in the more than 4,500-year-old structure, which is the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu.} “We are now able to confirm the existence of a ‘void’ hidden behind the North Face, that […]

{JUBA, South Sudan – The U.N. humanitarian office says more than 50,000 South Sudanese have fled into the troubled Darfur region in neighboring Sudan this year. } OCHA's statement on Thursday highlights the desperate humanitarian situation in South Sudan, where a civil war began in December 2013 and a peace deal has been violated repeatedly. […]

{Burundi police say they have detained eight people accused of being members of a WhatsApp group for defaming the government and insulting public institutions. } Police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said Thursday the eight were among 54 people arrested in the capital, Bujumbura, on Saturday. Nkurikiye says all but the eight were released the same day. […]

{MOGADISHU, Somalia – Police say a car bomber has prematurely detonated an explosives-laden car during a high-speed chase in Somalia's capital. } No casualties were reported in the blast Thursday evening near a marketplace. Police say the bomber managed to jump out of the car and escape during the chase by security forces. Somalia's capital […]

{The Polisario Front movement seeking independence for the disputed Western Sahara is accusing Morocco of violating a 1991 cease-fire agreement by sending troops and equipment into the territory.} Morocco said Tuesday it was trying to dismantle "smuggling rings and illegal trade." U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq says the U.N. mission in Western Sahara is contacting […]

{CAIRO – Inside a large mosque in the Nile Delta, an Egyptian cleric looked over his congregation as he climbed the pulpit clutching a piece of paper and began to speak — delivering a 13-minute discourse on the virtues of personal hygiene. } For the first time in his career, the young imam found himself […]

{A Congolese opposition candidate says there is time to save democracy in the country if elections are held on time and efforts by the president to stay in power are rejected.} Moise Katumbi said Tuesday that efforts by President Joseph Kabila and the ruling party to stall presidential elections to hold onto power amount to […]