A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey on Monday, causing some buildings already damaged by a powerful tremor earlier this month to collapse, the government's disaster agency said.
China on Monday rejected claims that the Covid-19 pandemic arose from a leak at one of its laboratories, following media reports that the US Department of Energy has determined that was the most likely cause of the outbreak.
Orders of big-ticket US-manufactured goods fell in January, according to government data released Monday, on the back of slowing aircraft demand.
The Kremlin on Monday acknowledged China's proposal for a political solution in Ukraine but said the conditions for a peaceful resolution of the conflict were not in place "at the moment".
More than a third of Sudan's population will need humanitarian assistance in 2023 as displacement and hunger grow, the United Nations has said.
UPDATED WITH SYRIAN VISIT: Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Monday paid a visit to Turkey and Syria in a show of solidarity after a devastating earthquake that claimed tens of thousands of lives in both nations.
Twitter has laid off at least 200 employees, or 10 percent of its workforce, according to The New York Times, as job cuts continue at US tech behemoths.
A rocket launch to the International Space Station was postponed minutes before take-off on Monday, with officials citing a problem with ground systems.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said South Africa would seize "an opportunity" to tackle dirty money after the country had been placed on a watchlist for financial crimes.
UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL SEARCHES FOR VICTIMS: Italy's coastguard on Monday searched the sea and beaches for bodies following a shipwreck off Calabria, as authorities tried to identify the dead and the government's migrant policy came under scrutiny.
United Nations aid groups said the U.N.’s peacekeeping mission that is operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North-Kivu province Monday suspended its flights into the region following an attack on their helicopter last Friday.
Crime experts in South Africa report that assassinations have come under renewed spotlight following the recent murder of Kiernan Forbes, a local multi-award-winning musician.
U.S. first lady Jill Biden on Sunday visited drought-affected communities in Kenya and appealed for wealthy nations to give more as the Horn of Africa suffers its driest conditions in decades.
Publisher Puffin UK on Friday announced it would release the original versions of Roald Dahl's children's books to keep the "classic texts in print" following a wave of criticism over their re-editing for a modern audience.
The African Union has condemned remarks by Tunisia's president directed at migrants in his country from elsewhere on the continent and warned against "racialized hate speech" that could bring harm.
President Emmanuel Macron was under fire from the French left on Friday for handing billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos the country's highest order of merit.
From pandas to sea lions to tigers, hundreds of wildlife species across the globe are contaminated by potentially harmful "forever chemicals", according to a review of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
Fifteen EU states on the migration front line on Friday called for stronger borders and agreements to be struck with third-party countries to accept migrants.
Italian authorities have detained a migrant rescue vessel run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for allegedly breaking new government rules on life-saving missions in the Mediterranean, the charity said Friday.
French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, whose "exfiltration" (flight) via Tunisia sparked a diplomatic incident with Paris, was sentenced in absentia on Friday to three years in prison for illegally entering Tunisia, her lawyer said.
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