Jihadists have made $140 million from attacks on gold mines in Burkina Faso since 2016, according to a report commissioned by the government. Gold mining has become increasingly vital to the economy of the landlocked West African country, which was once dependent on cotton exports for foreign earnings. But the industry has also become a […]

Jamaican opposition leader Peter Phillips on Friday announced his resignation, after preliminary results gave Prime Minister Andrew Holness a landslide victory in legislative elections, according to daily newspaper The Gleaner. Phillips said he had written to the Chairman of his People’s National Party (PNP) and asked for arrangements to be made to select a new […]

The death toll from a suspected gas explosion and fire at a mosque outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka has risen to 16, police and doctors said on Saturday. The gas explosion on Friday night hit as Muslim worshippers were about to end their evening prayers at the Baitus Salat Jame mosque in Narayanganj district, nearly […]

Chilean and Lebanese rescue teams were searching on Saturday, for the third consecutive day, for a possible survivor under the rubble in Beirut, more than a month after a massive blast hit the city. Beirut was devastated on August 4 by a powerful explosion at the city’s port, killing some 190 people and injuring 6,000 others. Lebanese engineer Riad al-Assad, who is working […]

The US election is officially open: North Carolina on Friday launched vote-by-mail operations for the November 3 contest between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, which is getting uglier by the hour. With two months until Election Day, Trump is seizing on fears over violent protests in US cities and questioning the integrity of […]