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Emmanuel Nchimbi has been expelled from Tanzania's ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party for indiscipline following his decision earlier this week to resign as the country's vice-president after 10 months in the job.The 54-year-old has made some controversial remarks...

The US Geological Survey says the floods in the Nepal-Tibet border were triggered by a "glacial collapse" - meaning a glacier or part of a glacier had disintegrated.Initial reports led authorities to believe that an earthquake had been the...

Hundreds have died in flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Source link

It is still unclear what caused the glacier to collapse on Wednesday.Searle said that Langsang Lirung, like the rest of the Himalayas, has been slowly rising due to long-term tectonic movement, where one plate has been pushing another plate...

King Harald V of Norway is in an "extremely serious" condition in hospital, the country's royal household has said.His wife, Queen Sonja, and his son, Crown Prince Haakon, have cancelled all royal engagements and they have gathered at his...

Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border Thursday after a catastrophic and deadly torrent of floods and mud swept through several communities a day earlier following a glacial collapse....

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said Thursday. She was 97.Kusama died Aug. 14 at a hospital in...

At least one person has been killed and 10 people injured after a car crashed into a group of people near a train station in northern France, police say.A male suspect was later arrested after authorities launched a major...

At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured as wildfires burn through large swathes of northern Algeria.Civil protection authorities said dozens of blazes swept through several provinces along the country's northern coastline.At least 54 people had suffered...

The purpose of CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow this week was to warn Russia not to attack NATO member states, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, amid U.S. intelligence assessments that...