World Archive

A boat carrying up to 70 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa has sunk in the Mediterranean, leaving three people dead and dozens missing, Tunisian officials said Friday, revealing once again that crossing the central Mediterranean has become more treacherous than ever for

A federal grand jury in the United States of America has indicted a Ghanaian native on charges of passport fraud, falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and illegally voting. Michael Nana Baako, 50, was a physician who practiced in Maryland hospitals and had

The United States called on North Korea on Thursday to “dismantle all political prison camps” and release all political prisoners, who it said numbered between 80,000 and 120,000. In remarks to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mark Cassayre, U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate Patrick Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense, the White House announced Thursday. The former Boeing executive has been leading the Pentagon as acting secretary since Jan. 1, a highly unusual arrangement for arguably

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the annual military Victory Day parade in Red Square on Thursday that the country will continue to strengthen its armed forces. The parade marked the 74th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. It included about