Polls open on US east coast in pivotal midterm elections
Polls opened on the US east coast on Tuesday in midterm elections that could upend Donald Trump's presidency, with Democrats looking to seize control of Congress and significantly curb his executive powers.
Second patient dies of Ebola in Uganda: health official
A grandmother in Uganda has died from Ebola, health officials said Thursday, the second fatality in the country since a major outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo crossed the border.
Successor to longtime Kazakhstan ruler is sworn in as president
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the hand-picked successor to Kazakhstan’s longtime ruler, was inaugurated as president Wednesday after winning an election marred by a police crackdown and slammed by foreign monitors for “voting irregularities”.
Morocco adopts law confirming Berber as official language
Moroccan lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill that confirms the Berber language’s official status, eight years after it was preliminarily recognised in a new constitution.
95 dead in new ethnic massacre in central Mali
Unknown assailants killed at least 95 people in a central Mali village overnight, government officials said on Monday.
1 dies, 5 injure as crane collapses on building in Dallas
A crane collapsed on a Dallas apartment building and parking garage on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring five others, according to rescue officers. The crane tore through multiple floors of the five-story Elan City Lights residential building near downtown Dallas at around 2 p.m., Dallas Fire and Rescue officials said, as severe weather touched […]
