Jakarta: A landslide that crashed on to a hilly village on Indonesia's main island of Java buried 30 houses and killed at least 15 people, officials say. The landslide plunged down surrounding hills just before sunset on Monday in Sirnaresmi village in West Java's Sukabumi district. Rescuers carry the body of a landslide victim in Sirnaresmi, West Java.Credit:AP Sixty people who lost […]

Some light showers could affect eastern coastal areas. UK weather forecast for 6am on Wednesday Moving forward, the dry but cold weather will persist, with overnight frosts expected and freezing fog being slow to clear. Those in the far north of the country can expect to enjoy some milder but cloudier weather as the week progresses. Most parts of the […]

Some aid is reaching the malnourished in Kasai, but aid workers say it is not nearly enough and more displaced people are returning to the region. Aid workers are warning of mass starvation because of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They say three million people in the Kasai region don’t have enough to eat – including 400,000 children. […]

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – U.S. border agents launched tear gas into Mexico early on Tuesday to deter a group of migrants that one official called “a violent mob” from crossing over from Tijuana, according to a Reuters witness and the U.S. government. Clouds of the noxious gas could be seen wafting up from around the fence at the border. One […]

(Reuters) – A New Mexico family of four was rescued after going missing for several days after they were caught in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, police said. The Rogers family was elk hunting in southern New Mexico’s Lincoln National Forest when a blizzard hit the area, according to a statement by New Mexico State Police over the weekend. Cutter […]

TAMPA, Fla. – Officials say six passengers fell ill on a Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland to Tampa. WFLA-TV reports health officials boarded the plane when it landed at Tampa International Airport on Tuesday afternoon and the sick passengers were removed. Officials say they are being held for observation. The sick passengers were not travelling together. The remaining passengers were […]

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s neighbors, caught off-guard by reports of U.S. plans to withdraw thousands of troops, have begun preparing for the risk that a pullout could send hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing across their borders, diplomats say. Alarmed by the possibly of a chaotic withdrawal, diplomats from neighboring countries who have been in talks with U.S. officials in […]

More than half the population of South Korea describe themselves as non-religious, an interesting statistic for a country that is among the world’s biggest exporters of missionaries. Christian churches in South Korea are embracing new techniques and technologies to try to attract more adherents. The reforms are coming into force at a time when South Koreans are moving away from […]

Armed men killed 37 Fulani civilians on Tuesday in central Mali, where ethnic violence cost hundreds of lives last year, the government said. Violence between Fulani and rival communities has compounded an already dire security situation in Mali’s semi-arid and desert regions, which are used as a base by jihadist groups with ties to al Qaeda and Islamic State. The […]

The EU urged the US not to go it alone in any effort to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The European Union has announced a new funding package of 42.5 million euros (nearly $53m) to help the Palestinians build their new state.  The announcement on Wednesday came as Brussels urged the US to not go it alone in […]