Ghana’s navy and air force rescue 71 fishermen after gunmen attacked and robbed their boats off the country’s coast.

A harmful algal bloom known as a red tide is causing the mass deaths of crayfish and other ocean life on parts of South Africa’s west coast.

A new penal code issued by decree in Afghanistan sets harsher punishments for the mistreatment of animals than for domestic violence against women and solidifies into law inequality based on gender and social status.

Deadly attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces on a town in Sudan’s western Darfur region have displaced more than 3,000 people in the past few days.

Investigations are underway after Cuba said a speedboat carrying 10 people approached the island’s north shore and opened fire on Cuban soldiers when confronted.

Texas U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt’s rivals are increasing their attacks on the two-term Republican ahead of Tuesday’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate.

A new report says the Islamic militant groups are ramping up cross-border violence and tightening their grip in parts of Benin, Niger, and Nigeria.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to stand with Israel “shoulder-to-shoulder, opposing terrorism and its supporters.”.

An Israeli strike on Thursday has killed at least two Palestinians and wounded five others east of Gaza City, according to Fadel Naeem, director of Al-Ahli Hospital, where the casualties arrived.

Syrian government forces and Druze fighters in the southern Sweida province have exchanged prisoners from last summer’s clashes in a step toward a political deal.