AFP, CHICAGO: Racial tensions soared in Chicago Tuesday as officials released a graphic video of a police officer shooting a black teen 16 times, shortly after he was charged for the death. The “chilling” video is the latest in a string of police shootings caught on camera that have sparked…

AFP, BRUSSELS: Brussels struggled to return to normal Wednesday after four days on maximum terror alert, with schools and the metro reopening despite…

AFP, TUNIS: Tunisia was under a state of emergency Wednesday after the bombing of a presidential guard bus killed at least 12 people, the latest attack in a country plagued by Islamist violence. President Beji Caid Essebsi and other members of the National Security Council were meeting to discuss crisis…

AFP, MAZAR-I-SHARIF: The Afghan army launched an operation Wednesday to rescue 18 hostages including two Moldovans captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in the north, officials said. The Taliban killed three of those on board—two Afghans and a third foreigner—in an…

AFP, DOHA: Qatar was hit by heavy flooding on Wednesday causing gridlock on the desert country’s roads as well as closures of schools and the US embassy. Overnight rain made many roads near impassable for commuters amid reports on social media that even Doha’s Hamad International Airport…

AFP, KIEV: Ukraine on Wednesday banned all Russian airlines from crossing its airspace in the latest escalation between the two neighbours 19 months into the separatist war in the east of the former Soviet state. The announcement by Kiev’s pro-Western government came only moments after Russia…