AR-15 rifle maker offers $33M settlement to Sandy Hook familiesSettlement is being offered in a lawsuit over how the rifle maker marketed the firearm to the public.
Read MoreKandahar residents fear Taliban advance on Afghan cityThousands of Afghans displaced and many forced to flee to safer places as Taliban surrounds Kandahar city.
Read MoreBangladesh evacuates 10,000 Rohingya after deadly landslidesRohingya from refugee camps as well as local residents moved to safer areas after 14 killed in landslides, flash floods.
Read MoreFries with that? McDonald’s sales soar on crispy chicken sandwichAs its dining rooms reopened, the fast food giant drew customers in with new products like its crispy chicken sandwich.
Read More‘Unprecedented’ restitution: US returns antiquities to IraqThe 17,000 items date back 4,000 years and will be flown back to Iraq with Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.
Read MoreSoaring tortilla prices hit struggling Mexican households hardMexico's poorer households are hardest hit by food price inflation because it eats up a bigger share of their income.
Read MoreEquatorial Guinea VP loses appeal against embezzlement verdictFrance's highest appeal court refuses to overturn Teodoro Obiang Mangue's 2020 corruption conviction.
Read MoreGap backs Biles over decision to put her mental health firstGap's Athleta signed Biles to a long-term partnership earlier this year, ending her affiliation with Nike Inc.
Read MoreBoeing turns first quarterly profit in nearly two yearsBoeing earned $567m in the second quarter, compared with a $2.4bn loss a year ago.
Read MoreEcuador revokes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s citizenshipAssange fled to Ecuador's embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to US, but his asylum status was later revoked.
Read MoreChinese officials and Taliban meet, in sign of warming tiesMeeting in Chinese city of Tianjin comes as US-led foreign forces continue pulling out of Afghanistan.
Read MoreLibya’s new interim government is facing an arduous taskThe country's path to elections and sustainable peace is full of unspoken obstacles.
Read More‘Shocking’: South Africa slams Israel’s AU observer statusSouth Africa calls the AU's move 'unjust and unwarranted', complaining it was taken without consulting its members.
Read MoreTanzania’s Hassan gets COVID jab, kicks off vaccination driveSamia Suluhu Hassan breaks with her predecessor's stance by publicly receiving a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Read MoreIs COVID-19 hampering Myanmar’s anti-coup movement?Opponents of military junta face twin threat of coronavirus infections and repression.
Read MoreWith a new mandate, Abiy can usher a new era of hope in EthiopiaAbiy's government will have to tackle multiple challenges, but the situation is not in any way hopeless.
Read MoreTunisia crisis prompts surge in foreign social media manipulationSocial media propaganda emanating from Saudi Arabia and the UAE seeks to justify Tunisian president's actions.
Read MoreUS: 2 dead, dozens injured in Texas chemical plant leakThe incident involved an acetic acid leak at a LyondellBasell complex near Houston.
Read MoreOlympic gymnast Simone Biles praised for mental health stanceUS gymnast withdrew from the team and individual all-around Olympic events, saying her mental health took precedence.
Read MoreThe murky dealings of four funds in Indian tycoon Adani’s empireThe funds earlier had invested in firms that went bankrupt or are being investigated or whose founders have fled India.
Read MoreUK court case begins as Russian billionaires sue over Putin bookThe case pits four Russian billionaires against a British writer they say has defamed them in a book on Russia's leader.
Read MoreParched villages in India coal-mining hubs hunt for scarce waterAs India pushes to expand its coal mining, environmentalists fear water crisis will only worsen in coming years.
Read MoreEthiopia: Somali region says hundreds ‘massacred’ by Afar militiaFighters from the Afar region attacked and looted the town of Gedamaytu, also known as Gabraiisa, local officials say.
Read MoreArmenia says 3 soldiers killed in gun battle with Azeri forcesBoth countries report escalation and blame the other side for initiating the deadly border clashes.
Read MoreArchives of beauty and pain: A century of African women in photosThe African Lookbook delves into the history of African photography - and the women who were at the centre of the frame.
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