Danny Fenster, a US journalist who was detained in Myanmar over three weeks ago, has appeared at a court in Yangon according to Frontier Myanmar, the news publication Fenster works for as managing editor.

Before the Covid-19 health and economic crisis, the nation's homeless population was already on the rise.

British supermarket chain Waitrose will change the name of one of its products to remove a racial slur used in South Africa during apartheid, the company announced Wednesday.

One of the world's largest diamonds has been unearthed in Botswana, the country's government has announced.

One of the world's largest diamonds has been unearthed in Botswana, the country's government has announced. The 1,098-carat stone, believed to be the third largest "gem-quality" diamond ever found, was discovered earlier this month at the Jwaneng mine, around 75 miles from the country's capital, Gaborone.

Even before US President Joe Biden met with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, expectations were low.

"There are very early examples of gender bending in African culture," explains the designer behind the gender-fluid Nigerian clothing label Lagos Space Programme. "Queerness isn't a western concept."

Construction flaws led to the collapse of a Mexico City subway line that killed 26 people and left dozens injured last month, according to the preliminary findings of an independent probe released by the city government on Wednesday.

The Israeli military launched airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza overnight after militants floated dozens of so-called "incendiary balloons" over the border fence into Israel.