Those deemed lucky because their homes are standing reckon with what remains all around them: lonely moonscapes that look ...

WORKERS at a free pet clinic in Vrygrond became heroes when they rescued honde from a burning shebeen. Network for Animals (NFA) had joined forces with local organisations AfriPaw and TEARS Animal ...

Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate under ...

Panic swept through eastern Congo's second-largest city on Saturday as residents and soldiers fled by the thousands, ...

The Trump administration will present an unforgiving argument for dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development ...

California lawmakers are proposing tougher penalties on looting and other opportunistic crimes during disasters after more ...

The legislation comes in the wake of devasting Los Angeles-area wildfires that destroyed thousands of structures and killed ...

Crimes committed after the fires are spawning new efforts to crack down on crooks taking advantage in the aftermath of disasters.

AB 469 seeks to close loopholes and strengthen sentences for looting and fake first responders in disaster zones.

AB 469 would make looting a felony if you're caught engaging in that behavior, increasing prison time from the existing one ...