Sitting on the border with Rwanda and on the shores of Lake Kivu, it is a vital trading and transport hub that is within ...

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Pakistan's Senate has voted to criminalize "intentional" spreading of misinformation with jail terms of up to three years.

At least seven people have died and dozens of others have been injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious ...

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Taiwan triggered landslides and caused the ceilings of several homes to cave ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's first sitting head of state to face a criminal trial, defended his failed ...

The violence has killed more than 100 people and forced at least 20,000 to flee their homes, according to the AFP news agency. The National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissidents from the rival ...