The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers desperately searched for survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages. Hundreds of others were injured, some critically, and an unknown number were trapped under the ruins of collapsed buildings ...
Libya’s presidential council will present a new government line-up in an attempt to secure the backing of the country’s parliament, it said Wednesday. The parliament, which rejected a previous unity government in a confidence vote on Monday, gave the council a “final chance” and 10 days to propose a new ...
