The death of the minister, Gen. Sadio Camara, a central figure in the country’s military government, comes amid escalating violence in the region.

Ukraine’s cultural institutions are targets of the Kremlin’s war. That has made the security of the country’s cultural cache a priority among museums.

It was Hasan Badawi’s job to race toward the location of military strikes in southern Lebanon, where, as a paramedic, he tended to the maimed and dead.

East Africa has rewritten marathon history as Sabastian Sawe produced a stunning breakthrough at the London Marathon, redefining what was thought possible over the marathon distance.

At the Vatican, the Anglican archbishop met a pope who has signaled no intention to change Catholic doctrine to allow ordaining women.

Afghan officials say mortars and missiles fired from Pakistan have struck a university and homes in northeastern Afghanistan, killing seven people and wounding at least 85.

Authorities in Ukraine say a Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa has wounded 14 people including two children. Officials said Monday that the drones hit

One train slammed into another at a station outside Indonesia’s capital on Monday, killing at least four people, officials said, and several people were trapped in a badly damaged car. “So far, 38 passengers from the commuter train have been taken to hospitals for further treatment,