Peru has declared an "environmental emergency" after an oil spill that triggered a clean-up operation on a stretch of northern coastline popular with tourists.

Swiss airlines said Thursday that an engine problem might have been what caused one of its planes to make an emergency landing this week after smoke filled the cockpit and cabin.

Three people were killed and 14 were left wounded or missing after Israeli attacks on Sanaa airport and other targets in Yemen, the Iranian-backed Huthi rebels said on Thursday.

Around 125 people have been killed in three days of violent clashes across Mozambique amid opposition-led protests over the presidential election results, a non-governmental organisation said Thursday ...

Gabon's defence ministry said Thursday that eight officers suspected of torturing to death a young soldier accused of stealing had been detained, in a case that has rocked the junta-led country.

Israeli air strikes pummelled Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday, a day after the latest attacks on Israel by Iran-backed Huthi rebels.

Veteran middle-order batter Sean Williams was unbeaten on 145 as Zimbabwe posted 363 for four against Afghanistan on the first day of the first Test in Bulawayo on Thursday.

Scottish Premiership table after Thursday's matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): ...

Hibernian 2 (Rowles 9-og, Gayle 78) St. Johnstone 1 (Kirk 44) Dundee United 2 (Middleton 51, Dalby 60) Kilmarnock 4 (Vassell 18, Watson 59, Cameron 87, Anderson 90+3) Aberdeen 0 Dundee 0 Ross County 3 ...

The official cause of the crash of a Russia-bound Azerbaijani plane in Kazakhstan on Wednesday that killed 38 of the 67 people on board is still unknown.

A bus went off the road and ended up partially submerged in the Norwegian lake near the Raftsundet strait, killing three people and injuring four, police said Thursday.

Manchester United's miserable season suffered another Boxing Day blow as captain Bruno Fernandes was sent-off in a 2-0 defeat ...