News-FeederLoud explosion rocks central Madrid; rescue teams to site
A powerful gas explosion has torn through a residential building in central Madrid, killing four people and ripping the facade off the structure
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 8:17 pm
Armed men try to storm governor’s house in Sudan’s Darfur
Sudanese officials says armed men opened fire and attempted to storm the residence of a provincial governor in the restive region of Darfur
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 8:11 pm
Dubai orders hospitals to cancel surgeries amid virus surge
The government of Dubai has ordered all hospitals to cancel nonessential surgeries for the next month as coronavirus infections surge to unprecedented heights in the United Arab Emirates
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 7:46 pm
Indian village cheers for Harris before swearing-in as US VP
People in a tiny Indian village surrounded by rice paddies have flocked to a Hindu temple, burst crackers and uttered prayers
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 7:36 pm
UN: 43 Europe-bound migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya
The U.N.'s migration agency says a “tragic” shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea off of Libya’s coast has killed at least 43 migrants bound for Europe
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 5:39 pm
Zimbabwe's foreign minister dies of COVID-19 amid resurgence
Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo, who gained prominence in 2017 as the military general who announced the coup against then-president Robert Mugabe on television, has died from COVID-19, the government announced Wednesday
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 5:21 pm
Albanian soldier dies in Afghanistan peacekeeping mission
Albania’s Defense Ministry has reported the death of a soldier in Afghanistan, the second from the tiny Western Balkan country to die during the international peacekeeping mission
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 5:20 pm
Work on Keystone XL pipeline suspended ahead of Biden action
The Canadian company behind the Keystone XL oil pipeline says it has suspended work on the pipeline in in anticipation of incoming U.S. President Joe Biden revoking its permit
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 5:18 pm
Iran’s telecom minister appears before prosecutor, released
State TV is reporting that Iran’s judiciary has released the country’s telecom minister on bail after he was summoned by Iran’s general prosecutor
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 5:03 pm
France to reckon with Algeria colonial past, won't apologize
French President Emmanuel Macron's office says Macron wants to take further steps to reckon with France’s colonial-era wrongs in Algeria but is not considering an official apology
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 4:54 pm
