Category: Africa and the rest of the world

A man cleanes mud from his house after it was hit by flood in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 19 , 2021. (Photo by Arif Kartono / AFP) Over 29,000 people were evacuated throughout Malaysia on Sunday as the country faces some of its worst flooding in years. The tropical Southeast Asian nation often sees […]

A resident bathes her child next to their destroyed house in Carcar, Philippines’ Cebu province on December 18, 2021, days after Super Typhoon Rai hit the city. (Photo by Victor Kintanar / AFP) More than 90 people have been killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, official tallies showed Sunday, as […]

In this picture taken on December 18, 2021, Sikh youths gather outside the Teja Singh Samundri Hall after a man was beaten to death for allegedly trying to commit an act of sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) A man was beaten to death in India for allegedly […]

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks out to meet Oman’s Sultan in Downing Street in London on December 16, 2021. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday faced questions about his leadership after weeks of controversy culminated in a crushing by-election defeat in a constituency never previously lost by […]

Firefighters work outside an office building where a fire broke out in Osaka on December 17, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) Twenty-seven people are feared dead after a blaze swept through a commercial building housing a mental health clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka. Here is a look at some of the […]

Men carry goods from a depot after a tanker truck exploded in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, December 14, 2021. At least 75 people were killed when a gas tanker truck exploded in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on December 14, 2021 morning, a local official said, with overwhelmed medics saying the toll was set to rise. Richard […]

An aerial view of homes and business destroyed by a tornado on December 11, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes touched down in several midwestern states late Friday evening causing widespread destruction and leaving an estimated 70-plus people dead. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP Dozens […]

A court in southern Libya on Thursday reinstated Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of slain President Moamer Gadhafi, as a candidate in next month’s presidential election, Libyan media reported. He had lodged an appeal earlier in the day at the court in Sebha against the electoral commission’s rejection of his application last month. The commission had […]

A handout photo taken and received from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on November 27, 2021 shows Australian Army soldiers from the Joint Task Group 637.3 talking with local citizens during a community engagement patrol through the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara. (Photo by CPL Brandon Grey / Australian Defence Force / AFP) The prime […]

The bodies of three people have been discovered in a burnt-out building in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara, police said Saturday, the first reported deaths after days of rioting. The charred bodies were discovered in a store in the Chinatown district of Honiara, with a security guard telling AFP he found the bodies in two […]