Cyprus police rescued five injured crew from the water following an explosion on a Maltese-flagged oil tanker off the island's south coast Saturday, authorities said. Two of the injured were taken to the capital Nicosia for treatment for burns, while the other three were admitted to...

Shehu Shagari, Nigeria's second president, whose civilian tenure was sandwiched between two military rulers in an era rocked by coups, has died. He was 93. Nigeria's current President Muhammadu Buhari, who unseated Shagari 35 years ago, said Saturday he mourns "the departure of a...

Moscow will deal with the capture of Ukrainian sailors in the Azov Sea in accordance with Russian law, while acknowledging German Chancellor Angela Merkel's position, the Russian news agency RIA quoted the Kremlin spokesman as saying Saturday. Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron...

Egyptian police killed 40 alleged "terrorists" in a crackdown Saturday after a roadside bomb hit a tour bus claiming the lives of three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian guide. The suspects were killed in separate raids in the Giza governorate, home to Egypt's famed pyramids and...