UN estimates 82,000 of el-Fasher's total population of 260,000 fled after RSF atrocities, with many still trapped.

Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, who was under police protection, was shot dead in front of dozens of people A mayor in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for Day of the Dead festivities, authorities have said. The mayor of the Uruapan municipality, Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, was gunned down Saturday night in the town’s historic centre. He was rushed to a hospital where he later died, according to state prosecutor Carlos Torres Piña. Continue reading...

Mountaineers struck by avalanche on Saturday while climbing near the Cima Vertana, in the Ortles mountains Five German mountaineers died after being hit by an avalanche in northern Italy, rescuers said. The bodies of three victims – two men and a woman – had been recovered on Saturday, while the bodies of two other missing people, a man and his 17-year-old daughter, were found on Sunday morning. Continue reading...

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, multiple landslides and extensive infrastructure damage...