BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of Bosnian Serbs rallied on Thursday denying that genocide was committed in Srebrenica in 1995 despite rulings to the contrary by two United Nations courts.More than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were executed by Bosnian Serb troops in the eastern Bosnian enclave in…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party that has comfortably held power since Nelson Mandela…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s military chief Gen. Francis Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced Thursday and declared three days of national mourning.The helicopter was carrying 11 people, including Gen. Ogolla, when it crashed Thursday and caught fire in a remote area…

Flooding drenched the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, in a country that usually only has 4 or 5 inches of rain each year.Experts have said the cause of the rainfall was likely not cloud seeding, as the method may cause rain but not the amount seen recently in the UAE.Scientists…

CAPRI, Italy (AP) — Top NATO and European Union officials urged foreign ministers from leading industrialized nations on Thursday to take quick, concrete steps to provide more air defense systems and artillery to Ukraine, warning that continued delays could tilt the war in Moscow’s favor.NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake struck central Turkey on Thursday, the country’s disaster management agency said, causing damage to some buildings. There were no immediate reports of any deaths or serious injuries.The 5.6 magnitude quake hit in the town of Sulusaray, in Tokat province, some 450 kilometers…

Police in London say they have infiltrated and disrupted a website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims.Over 2,000 criminals utilized LabHost to create phishing sites, resulting in the theft of 480,000 bank card numbers and 64,000 PINs.Police have notified 25,000 U.K. victims of data…

Nigerian soldiers have reportedly rescued Lydia Simon, a woman abducted by extremists in Chibok a decade ago while she was a schoolgirl.Simon, five months pregnant, was found in the Gwoza council area of Borno state, the epicenter of the insurgency.Simon’s three children, aged between 2 and 4, were also rescued.Nigerian…

The U.S. and Italy agreed to coordinate efforts to counter misinformation and fake news from foreign governments.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani reached this agreement during a meeting on Capri Island.Belgium recently announced a probe into alleged Russian efforts to influence an upcoming European…

State-run energy firm Petrobras faces resistance from Indigenous groups for its goal to open Brazil’s northern coast to oil drilling.An environmental agency denied Petrobras a license for exploratory drilling, citing potential impacts on Indigenous groups.Petrobras claims drilling won’t impact communities directly, but locals say they fear environmental damage.State-run energy firm…