The United Nations and United States led an international effort that provided around $13.5 billion to Haiti for recovery after the 2010 earthquake, but many doubt it proved effective.
Top Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was released from jail late Thursday, shortly before the West African nation's March 24 presidential election.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar expressed concern Thursday that Kosovo's ban on the Serbian dinar could cause “an emerging humanitarian issue."
The Somali Islamist terrorist group al-Shabab has claimed credit for a Mogadishu hotel attack which breached the security perimeter; hotel is popular with government officials.
Mohammad Mustafa was appointed by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the next prime minister of Palestine, while battling demands for the U.S. as well as corruption.
Kenya announced it is pausing a deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation cripples under weeks of gang violence and social unrest.
Major internet outages were reported Thursday in a dozen African countries, following the apparent failure of several undersea telecommunication cables.
Croatian lawmakers voted unanimously Thursday to dissolve the country's parliament, paving the way for elections to the legislative body later this year.
Lizaveta Hertsen, 25, was laid to rest in Poland on Thursday. Hertsen, a Belarusian national, died after being brutally attacked and raped in central Warsaw.
A Marine anti-terrorism unit is now on the ground in Haiti to help protect the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince and potentially evacuate personnel there if needed.
Oleg Bazylewicz was an artist and writer before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While in the trenches, he uses ash and mud from the front lines to paint.
An expedition from Libya on a rubber dinghy left about 60 people dead and 23 in serious condition, according to reports from a humanitarian rescue group.
New satellite images show the construction of a makeshift jetty on the Gaza coastline that will receive a food shipment as calls for humanitarian aid grow.
As Russia's election approaches, Ukrainian forces fired missiles on the border region. Analysts say the election is "a sham" and that the war will be long and bloody.
Geert Wilders, a lawmaker in the Netherlands, voiced frustration over relinquishing his bid for prime minister despite his party winning the most seats in the election.
The Biden administration imposed sanctions on three Israeli settlers and their farms in the occupied West Bank for harassing and attacking Palestinians.