'No warning': Survivors say Nigerian air force bombed packed market
The market was packed, like it was every Saturday, when the Nigerian air force jets screamed overhead.
Read morePope says doesn't fear Trump, has 'moral duty to speak out' against war
Pope Leo XIV said Monday he had "a moral duty" to speak out against war and didn't "fear" President Donald Trump after the US leader criticised his calls for an end to the conflict in the Middle East.
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'No fun': French hospital confronts laughing gas abuse
A 21-year-old man scrolls through Snapchat ads on his phone promoting nitrous oxide, a sedative gas increasingly used by young people in France to get high.
Read morePro-EU Magyar vows 'new era' in Hungary after ousting Orban in vote
Hungarian prime minister-elect Peter Magyar pledged on Monday to usher in a "new era" after defeating nationalist leader Viktor Orban in elections seen as a blow to hard-right populism.
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UK Taylor Swift dance party stabbing spree 'avoidable': inquiry
A UK teenager's 2024 frenzied stabbing spree in northwest England which killed three young girls and sparked nationwide anti-immigration riots was "foreseeable and avoidable", a public inquiry concluded Monday.
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Iran releases assets of football captain in Australia asylum row
Iran's judiciary said Monday authorities had released the assets of the captain of Iranian women's football team which had been seized after she made and then withdrew an asylum claim in Australia last month.
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French court jails Lafarge ex-CEO for funding IS in Syria
A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the Islamic State group and other jihadists to maintain its business in war-torn Syria.
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Atletico need 'personality' to prevent Barca comeback: Koke
Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke said Monday his team must play with "personality" to stop Barcelona mounting a Champions League quarter-final comeback.
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Cameroon's Catholics divided on papal visit
As rumours emerged of a papal visit, some of Cameroon's Catholics voiced fears the trip would give longtime President Paul Biya a chance to polish his image six months on from deadly protests following his contested re-election.
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South Africa's new DA leader vows to shed party's white image
The new leader of South Africa's second-largest party, the Democratic Alliance, said Monday he would recast it beyond its white-voter base, betting that the country's once rigid racial divides are easing.
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