On January 12 and 13, gunmen reportedly kidnapped 50 women in the Soum area of northern Burkina Faso, according to the official report. The ladies were abducted by armed men while collecting wild fruit west of the town of Aribinda, some 15 kilometers (9.32 miles) from the hamlet of Liki. Lieutenant-Colonel Rodolphe Sorgho, the governor of the Sahel area, stated in a statement on Monday that attempts to locate all of these innocent victims safely and unharmed "were begun as soon as their absenc

Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary-General of NATO, applauded recent Western allies' agreements to provide Ukraine with heavy weapons and predicted that further deliveries would come "shortly." The commander of the transatlantic military alliance made the remarks on Sunday, one day after a slew of Russian assaults throughout Ukraine once again targeted vital infrastructure and claimed at least 30 lives when a residential building in the east-central city of Dnipro was struck. A day after the rema

As additional victims are discovered in the wreckage of one of the bloodiest assaults since Russia's invasion of Ukraine got underway 11 months ago, the death toll from a catastrophic missile strike in Dnipro has increased. On Monday, locals came to witness cranes take apart the Soviet-style apartment complex that had been blasted apart by the strike in central Ukraine two days before. Emergency services in Ukraine said that 34 people were still missing and that 40 individuals, including three

A last series of storms has reached California, delivering additional rain and snow to a state that is already in mourning after the deaths of at least 19 people who were caused by the weather. In some regions of the state, precipitation in the form of rain and snow was forecasted for Monday night and into early Tuesday morning. Despite forecasts calling for an improvement in the weather this week, several locations remain in danger of flooding and landslides. In recent weeks, storms have pum

German defense minister, who faced criticism for the military's rapid modernization program and Berlin's hesitant approach to the conflict in Ukraine, has resigned. In a written statement released on Monday, Christine Lambrecht said that "months of media attention on my person" had prevented an objective discussion of the military and Germany's security strategy. "Many employees in my department and the soldiers' great job must stand in the foreground," she remarked. Recent pressure on Lambre

On Sunday morning, a passenger plane crashed in Nepal, killing at least 66 people. The plane was traveling from Kathmandu, the nation's capital, to Pokhara when it crashed. Pokhara, a thriving tourism attraction, is situated 200 kilometers (124 miles) west of Kathmandu. According to airline spokeswoman Sudarshan Bartaula, there were four employees among the 72 passengers that boarded the twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines. According to a Nepal police spokesperson, 6

The Donetsk People's Republic's office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination for Issues Related to Ukraine's War Crimes stated on Wednesday that the Ukrainian military had used high-accuracy guided projectiles from the United States' Excalibur system to shell a humanitarian aid outlet in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk. This information was provided by the Donetsk People's Republic's office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination for Issues Related to Ukraine The stateme

An outdated pipeline that traverses a section of the Great Lakes has led to a stalemate between the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of Michigan. Many consider the controversy around Line 5, which provides power to central Canada and the US Midwest, as an indication of how North America will balance its future energy requirements with its environmental commitments. The Line 5 pipeline, which runs across Michigan from Superior, Wisconsin, to Sarnia, Canada, has the most contentious

According to Palestinian authorities, an Israeli army assault on a refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem resulted in the death of a Palestinian man who was standing on the top of his house. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Sameer Aslan, 41, was shot in the chest in the Qalandiya refugee camp and was declared dead at daybreak on Thursday. Officials informed that Aslan, a father of eight children, was killed by an Israeli sniper while watching the raid on their home's roof wi

Based on charges that he spied for the United Kingdom, Iran has executed a former deputy defense minister. Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian dual national, was convicted of "corruption on Earth" and acting against national security by spying for British intelligence. On Saturday morning, the official news outlet of the judiciary confirmed that Akbari was hanged after being sentenced to death. In addition, it was said that Akbari had previously been given a death sentence for "harming the coun

Denis Manturov received a public scolding from President Putin yesterday for the Deputy Prime Minister's inability to acquire more military planes. In his wrath, the Russian president even referred to him as "stupid." The Trade and Industry Minister is questioned by Putin in the publicly available footage on the absence of "investment projects" for the aircraft's development. Manturov reiterated three times that they were moving, at which point the Russian leader lost his cool. The conflict

More than 500 residents, including children, were besieged in the eastern salt mine town of Soledar, where Ukraine said its soldiers were fending off pro-Moscow rebels. Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, commended two battalions in Soledar on Thursday for "keeping their positions and inflicting considerable casualties on the enemy" in a video message. He made no more explanations. In the eastern industrial region known as the Donbas, Zelenskiy said he and top Ukrainian commanders as