ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s northwest region Thursday and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. Abductions of students from schools in northern Nigeria are common and have become a source of concern since … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia — A retired Catholic bishop has been charged with sexual offenses including child abuse in a remote part of Australia’s northwest. Christopher Saunders, 74, will appear in the Broome Magistrates Court on Thursday in the heart of the sprawling Outback diocese where he had actively served as a cleric for 45 years, a … Read more
FORT SMITH, Northwest Territories — The death toll from a small plane crash in Canada’s Northwest Territories was six, authorities said Wednesday. The plane was carrying employees from the Rio Tinto mining company. The Northwest Territories coroner’s office said that four passengers and two crew members from Northwestern Air Lease were killed in Tuesday’s crash, … Read more
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a helicopter flight Sunday to check the flooded regions in the northwest of the country, where rivers have swelled and overflowed homes, roads and fields after weeks of heavy rain. In recent days, hundreds of people have been evacuated from affected areas in northern and eastern Germany as … Read more
VENTURA, Calif. – Firefighters in Ventura County said at least eight people were injured after a wave caught ocean onlookers off guard, smashing into their viewing location along the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. The entire incident was captured on what appears to be a security camera that was pointed to where the sand meets Seward … Read more
At least 23 troops were killed and 34 others injured in a gun and suicide bomb attack in a police station in Dera Ismail Khan, northwest Pakistan, on Tuesday. A new Pakistani Islamist militant group called Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP) claimed responsibility. In a press release, the Pakistani military said that the attack in the restive … Read more
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb hidden in a parked motorcycle exploded near a police vehicle in northwest Pakistan, killing at least five people and wounding 20 on Friday, police said. The explosion happened in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, police officer Gul Sher Khan said. The motorcycle was parked … Read more
Pakistan’s military says security forces killed six militants and wounded eight others in a shootout during an overnight raid in the country’s northwest ByThe Associated Press October 15, 2023, 4:41 AM PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan security forces killed six militants and wounded eight others in a shootout during an overnight raid in the country’s northwest, … Read more
A senior Congolese official says a boat capsized in Congo’s northwest killing at least 27 people ByJEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press October 14, 2023, 4:29 PM KINSHASA, Congo — A boat capsized in Congo’s northwest killing at least 27 people, and more than 70 others were missing, a senior government official said Saturday as rescuers searched … Read more
United Nations humanitarian officials have sounded an alarm over a humanitarian crisis in rebel-held northwestern Syria ByOMAR ALBAM Associated Press October 12, 2023, 12:30 PM FILE – In this photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, a Syrian White Helmet civil defense worker runs at the site where a shell struck in the … Read more