An American tourist was killed by a shark Monday while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, according to local police. Nassau police were notified around 11:15 a.m. about a woman visiting from Boston, Massachusetts, who’d been attacked by a shark. She is believed to be in her 40s. Police told reporters that the woman…

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta on Monday scrapped two key military agreements that the West African nation signed with the European Union to help fight the violence in Africa’s Sahel region as the country’s army leaders and a senior Russian defense official discussed military cooperation.Before the coup that deposed…

A Nigerian military attack that used drones to target rebels instead killed some civilians, government and military officials said Monday. The misfire during a religious celebration was the latest such errant bombing of local residents in Nigeria’s violence hot spots.Muslims observing Maulud on Sunday night in Kaduna state’s Igabi council…

The United States imposed sanctions Monday on three Sudanese individuals accused of undermining “peace, security and stability” in the conflict-stricken African nation.UN ENDS POLITICAL MISSION IN SUDAN, WHERE WORLD HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO STOP BLOODSHEDThe sanctions imposed by the Department of the Treasury block all property and entities owned by…

The UNHCR, the U.N.’s refugee agency, reported Monday that about 400 Rohingya Muslim refugees are adrift on the Andaman Sea, located off the South Asian coast.The refugees, believed to have set sail from Bangladesh, are allegedly out of supplies and in distress.”There are about 400 children, women and men looking…

Police in Berlin are investigating a suspected arson attempt early Monday at the office of an Iranian opposition group.GERMANY ARRESTS TEEN FOR PLOTTING ATTACK ON CHRISTMAS MARKETMembers of the group noticed flames at a window of the building in Berlin’s Schmargendorf district at about 2:15 a.m. and were able to…

A Mexican mother is dead after a shark bit her leg over the weekend, officials said.The incident happened Saturday a short distance from the beach in Melaque, just west of the seaport of Manzanillo, Rafael Araiza, the head of the local civil defense office, said. The town is in the western…

China has accused a U.S. naval ship of having “illegally intruded” into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, an area of hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.The Chinese military ordered its naval force to mobilize and track the USS Gabrielle Giffords on Monday…

Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday opposed a government decision to restart peace negotiations with communist rebels, describing the move as an “agreement with the devil” in a rare rebuke to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.The government and the communist rebels agreed last week to restart talks after a six-year…

The lack of a binding legal definition for greenwashing presents a hurdle to regulators tackling investment funds that exaggerate their sustainability credentials, a global securities watchdog said in a report on Monday.Trillions of dollars have flowed into funds that tout their environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, but IOSCO, which…