UN racism meeting recommits to goals but renews divides
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly pledged Wednesday to redouble efforts to combat racism around the world, commemorating a landmark but contentious 2001...
Zuma’s trial postponed until October in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — The corruption trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma was postponed until Oct. 26 while the judge considers a plea from...
Morocco: 3 parties agree to form new coalition government
RABAT, Morocco — Morocco’s prime minister-designate announced Wednesday that a three-party coalition will form the country's next government.
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Anger, confusion spread over UK’s new COVID travel rules
NAIROBI, Kenya — Travelers and authorities from India and some African countries are furious — and confused — about Britain's new COVID-19 travel rules,...
German president asks country to confront its colonial past
BERLIN — Germany's president called on Germans to face the country's cruel colonial past as he opened a new museum in the capital's center...
Canadian recounts her abduction by jihadis in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Nearly a year and a half after being abducted by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso, Edith Blais risked her life...
Eruption on Spanish island could last 3 months, experts say
EL PASO, Canary Islands — The volcanic eruption on a Spanish island and its aftermath could last for up to 84 days, experts said...
Explainer: Wide dangers ahead for island after eruption
MADRID — A small Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean is struggling days after a volcano erupted, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people,...
In Nairobi slum, women train to fend off sexual assault
NAIROBI, Kenya — In a Nairobi slum named Korogocho, which means “crowded shoulder to shoulder” in Swahili, a group of women navigate raw sewage...
Grenade attacks in Burundi kill 2, wound scores
NAIROBI, Kenya — Burundi’s government said Tuesday that two people had been killed and 102 others wounded in grenade attacks in the commercial capital,...