US forces on Saturday rescued an American citizen taken hostage by armed men earlier this week in Niger and held in northern Nigeria, the Pentagon said. “U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early hours of 31 October in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage by a group of armed […]

At least 21 people have been killed in a massacre suspected to have been committed by militants from the Islamist ADF group in conflict-wracked northeast DR Congo, a local official said Saturday. The ADF fighters first attacked a rival group of Congolese militia members before killing inhabitants in the village of Lisasa, with the “preliminary […]

Germany marked another record number of daily coronavirus infections on Saturday, announcing 19,059 cases in the last 24 hours as the country prepares to go into shutdown next week. The figures released by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control were the latest in a number of ever-increasing case counts for the week. Friday’s […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new four-week coronavirus lockdown across England, a dramatic shift in strategy following warnings hospitals would become overwhelmed within weeks under his current system of localised restrictions. Under the stringent new rules set to come into force from Thursday, people must stay at home except in cases […]

Protests against the Italian government’s coronavirus policies turned violent on Saturday, with clashes breaking out between police and demonstrators in the nation’s capital, Rome. According to media reports, several hundred people gathered in central Campo de’ Fiori to protest against a possible renewed lockdown. Videos showed bottles and fireworks being thrown at police. According to […]