At least 45 people have been killed following flash flooding and a landslide in Kenya.While the disaster was initially blamed on a dam collapse, officials now cite a clogged railway tunnel as the cause of the offending floods.Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki has ordered the inspection of all dams and water…

A suspected missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a ship in the Red Sea on Monday, authorities said, the latest assault in their campaign against international shipping in the crucial maritime route.The attack happened off the coast of Mokha, Yemen, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center…

A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was apparently kidnapped, but was later located and taken to a hospital, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday.The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier that Msgr. Salvador Rangel, a…

An army helicopter carrying supplies to troops crashed in a rural area in northern Colombia on Monday, killing nine soldiers on board, the country’s armed forces said.In a statement, the Colombian military said the helicopter was taking the supplies to the municipality of Santa Rosa del Sur, an area that…

Luxury jewelry maker Cartier isn’t known for giving stuff away, but in the case of one Mexican man, they pretty much did.Rogelio Villarreal was paging through Cartier’s web page in a moment of idleness when he came upon on offer that seemed too good to be true. “I broke out…

Former President Jose Mujica of Uruguay announced Monday that he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.”This is obviously very complicated and doubly so in my case,” Mujica said of the diagnosis.Mujica, a leftist who held Uruguay’s highest office from 2010 to 2015, is noted for his transformational leadership that rendered…

An explosive device detonated and killed six troops loyal to a United Arab Emirates-backed secessionist group Monday in southern Yemen, a military spokesman said, the latest attack blamed on al-Qaida militants in the impoverished Arab country.The explosion hit a military vehicle as it passed in a mountainous area in the…

Hundreds of mourners lined the streets Monday to say farewell to a Chicago police officer who was shot to death while off-duty and heading home from work.Police officers, firefighters and others gathered along the funeral procession route to St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago to remember 30-year-old officer…

Leaked photographs of the son of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the tiny underground cell where he has been held for years in Lebanon have raised concerns in the north African nation as Libyan authorities demand improvements.The photos showed a room without natural light packed with Hannibal Gadhafi’s belongings,…

Ecuador filed a complaint Monday at the top U.N. court over what it called Mexico’s illegal move to grant political asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president, which led to Ecuador’s highly criticized raid on a Mexican embassy earlier this month.The Ecuadorian complaint at the International Court of Justice in…