World

Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Mass before an estimated 2,000 people in St. Peter's Basilica going ahead with the service despite a resurgence in COVID-19 cases that has prompted a new vaccine mandate for Vatican employees. A...

Over 4,500 flights were cancelled around the world by Saturday and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted holiday travel, according to tracking website Flightaware. One route, however, was thankfully not affected:...

By Emmanuel Nduka The South African Government has scrapped isolation and testing of persons without symptoms of COVID-19, on grounds that developments around the virus justified a shift from containment measures towards mitigation. In Africa, South...

By Ebi Kesiena The death toll from a migrant boat sinking of Greece rose to seven on Friday, as scores of others, including dozens of children, were rescued following the shipwreck, the coastguard said. The boat...

By Ebi Kesiena Uganda has charged 15 people, including a pregnant woman, with terrorism over their alleged role in recent attacks blamed on a rebel group, police said Friday. Uganda was hit by a series of...

Libyans have voiced a mix of frustration and anxiety after elections set for Friday were postponed, which some had hoped would help turn the page on a decade of violence. After weeks of speculation, authorities confirmed...