The United States on Monday issued a security alert after heavy gunfire erupted near its embassy in Haiti, with the impoverished Caribbean country engulfed by escalating gang violence.

A UK judge on Monday sentenced a 17-year-old boy to one year in prison for the “sadistic” torture and killing of two kittens.

Beijing on Monday warned residents in its mountainous suburbs to brace for another round of heavy rainfall, a week after catastrophic floods killed dozens in the deadliest deluge to hit the Chinese capital since 2012.

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The South African Weather Service has forecast very cold, wet and windy conditions in parts of the Western Cape and the Northern Cape.

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People who fought for miners with TB or silicosis to be compensated have raised the alarm, but mining companies defend the process.

At least 76 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials said.