Category: 4. World

South Africa said Monday the surprise arrival of 153 Palestinians on a plane last week indicated “a clear agenda to cleanse Palestinians” out of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

The group landed in Johannesburg on a chartered flight on…

More than 30 flights have been cancelled after a trio of volcanic eruptions spewed ash 2.73 miles into the air. Sakurajima, located on the western Japanese island of Kyushu, first vented on Sunday, November 16, at around 1 a.m., according to the…

Tokyo officials are pushing for a four-day workweek, hoping a shorter schedule will ease the nation’s notoriously punishing work culture and curb “karoshi”—which…

Rescuers are searching for survivors after a bridge collapsed at a cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 32 people.

Unauthorised miners forced their way into the southern Kalando mine on Saturday despite being banned…

The remains of a climber who went missing in 1994 have been found on a Swiss glacier, police said.

Climbers ascending the Ober Gabelhorn mountain discovered human remains on Oct. 15, the southern Wallis region’s cantonal police said in a Continue Reading

In Auvergne, the Super-Besse ski resort is experimenting with early-season snowmaking, managing to cover parts of its slopes with artificial snow even as temperatures reach 10°C.

Resort managers say the goal is to prepare pistes…

The UN security council is to vote on Monday on a US-drafted resolution to set up an international stabilisation force (ISF) in Gaza that includes a late and highly tentative addition on a future Palestinian state, added under pressure from Arab…