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Daily infections rise threefold on the continent with more than a dozen African countries reporting their worst figures.

Attackers set houses ablaze and open fire on civilians in an overnight raid in Beni's Beu district.

PA justice minister says activist Banat subjected to physical violence, his death in custody is an exceptional case.

Amid growing climate anxiety, we investigate the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest under President Jair Bolsonaro.

William and Harry will meet for a ceremony in central London after months of friction caused by royal family rows.

German interior minister says UEFA seems to have been driven by commercial considerations.

Decency cannot permit the quick whitewashing of Rumsfeld’s repellent legacy.

Is the violence of the US and Israel really more legitimate and morally acceptable than that of terrorist entities?

One woman was hurriedly married off to fellow Sikh, the other sent back to her parents while the two men are in custody.

President Joko Widodo says the restrictions will begin on Saturday and last until July 20.

Since the formation of the People's Republic of China, the Communist Party has sought to control China's history.

Death toll rises to 18, with 145 people still missing and feared trapped in the rubble a week after high-rise collapsed.

We investigate the plight of seafarers, abandoned at sea during the pandemic, and their quests to get home.

Hundreds took to the streets to demand the gov't's resignation over IMF-backed reforms.

Messi’s future has been unclear since he had his request to leave the club denied at the end of the 2019-2020 season.

Army troopers deployed to patrol alongside civilian forces during the shutdown beginning on Thursday.

Nutritious, packed with protein and easy to grow, one insect farmer is promoting crickets as a sustainable food source.

The Stream looks at the humanitarian memoir, ‘I Am a Girl From Africa’.

Chinese president says only the Communist party could 'save' China and that people and party cannot be separated.

People in isolated nation reel from impact of sanctions, COVID-19 border closure and extreme weather.

The party has made much of championing women but the more senior the role the fewer women there are.

The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite all ended the session posting fifth consecutive quarterly gains.

Colleagues kindly remember Rumsfeld, but rights groups, reporters and others call attention to wars and torture.

The NFT represents ownership of various digital items from when Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989.

The X option will be available in the future, however, another change lets applicants 'self select' their binary gender.

The pledge from the Gates Foundation came on the first day of the UN Women Generation Equality Forum in Paris.

Amazon’s overall carbon emissions increased in 2020, but the firm's 'carbon intensity' decreased, the company said.

Hundreds of unmarked graves discovered in recent weeks at institutions Indigenous children were forced to attend.

The deceased include a Puerto Rican artist and Costa Rica-born accountant as search and rescue efforts continue.

Democrats advance select committee after Republicans block commission to investigate riot by Trump supporters.

Hundreds gather in Khartoum to protest economic conditions after reforms that slashed subsidies on bread and fuel.

Killings come amid surge in gang violence in the Haitian capital that has displaced thousands in recent weeks.

The drop is partly caused by people dropping out of the workforce altogether.

The financial penalty is the largest ever ordered by the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Government forces withdraw as rebels retake Mekelle and reject unilateral ceasefire declared by the government.

Salwa Eid Naser will miss the Tokyo Olympics after sport's highest court overturns a ruling that last year cleared her.

The Trump Organization and its chief financial officer are expected to be charged on Thursday with tax-related crimes.

Record heat believed to have contributed to at least 233 deaths in British Columbia since Friday, officials say.

Demonstrators defy dusk-to-dawn curfew amid reports of kingdom's security forces using 'deadly force'.

The subsidy would give eligible families much-needed relief in the Middle East nation in throes of an economic meltdown.

Pennsylvania’s highest court says an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.

Justice Stephen Breyer, the oldest serving US justice, is being urged to retire to make way for someone new.

France says seven-year Sahel operation will come to an end, indicating troop drawdown and restructuring of its presence.

Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price.

Some felt the city's new voting system was mystifying. Now, a glitch has thrown the tallying of votes into disarray.

Ayman Benabderrahmane, 60, has been tasked with forming a new government following parliamentary elections.

The bill is a sign of financial trouble at state oil giant Sonangol due to underinvestment in declining offshore fields.

Known locally as Captagon, the pills were hidden in a shipment of oranges entering via Jeddah's port, state TV reports.

Positive views of the US got a Biden bounce across 17 advanced economies, while negative views of China and Xi persist.