No people were injured in the accident, despite a partial derailment. As elephant habitat shrinks, such deadly encounters are on the rise.

Hundreds of thousands of people have attended the funeral of a leading Bangladeshi activist, Sharif Osman Hadi, who died from gunshot wounds

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has called for changes in the U.N. Security Council to give Africa a bigger role in global decisions. He made the plea at the Russia-Africa

New U.S. sanctions have been imposed on family members and associates of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as Washington increases pressure on Caracas. The measures have targeted seven people who are family members or associates of Malpica Flores,

The killings came as the tenuous Israel-Hamas ceasefire has stalled in recent weeks. The five died in Tuffah, an eastern neighborhood in Gaza City, said Rami Mhanna, managing director of Shifa Hospital.

An attacker went on a rampage in central Taipei Friday night, throwing smoke bombs in a train station and stabbing people with a knife in a busy shopping area. Local authorities say the attacker killed three and injured five before he fell from a building and died when being chased by police.

Canadian police say Waleed Khan faces terrorism charges for allegedly conspiring with ISIS and committing hate crimes targeting Jewish community in Toronto.

The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year