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Children use their tablet to learn in a village on the outskirts of Kassala in Eastern Sudan.

Seven suspects accused of taking just over $132 million from VBS Mutual bank in South Africa have pleaded not guilty to dozens of fraud and theft charges.

A first batch of 10,000 COVID-19 tests arrived in Sana’a on a UNICEF-chartered plane , to increase the COVID-19 testing capacity amid the rapid increase of cases in Yemen on June 18. An additional shipment of 8,000 tests is expected to arrive in Aden in the coming days.

The seven-member Guyana Elections Commission could get a report from Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield Friday that could move the South American country closer to confirming the results of March presidential and regional elections.

South Korea's unification minister resigned Friday over heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, days after the North destroyed its liaison office with the South.

South Africa will soon begin reopening full-service restaurants and casinos under strict conditions after nearly three months of being under lockdown restriction to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Climate finance can become significantly more transformative by addressing systemic barriers to low carbon and climate resilient investments, according to a new World Bank report.

Climate finance can become significantly more transformative by addressing systemic barriers to low carbon and climate resilient investments, according to a new World Bank report.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday the latest round of U.S. sanctions against Syria, tightening pressure on President Bashar al-Assad and his government, amid concerns the war-torn country’s population will suffer.

A mother takes care of her baby inside a gymnasium that has been turned into a refugee settlement in Pintolandia, Brazil.