Ouagadougou: Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is being held by mutinous soldiers, two of the rebellious soldiers told The Associated Press by phone early Monday. They did not say where Kabore is being held, but said he is in a safe place.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that his government was doing all it can and working very closely with the US to stop human smuggling, a day after a family of four Indians, including a baby, died from exposure to extreme cold weather on the Canadian side of the border with America.

The health minister in the rebel government set up by Yemen's Houthi rebels says the airstrike on a rebel-run detention facility in the country's north early on Friday killed at least 70 detainees.

Port-au-Prince: Haiti's National Police said Saturday that a former senator sought in the killing of President Jovenel Mo se has been arrested in Jamaica.

 The Pacific nation of Tonga issued a tsunami warning Saturday after an undersea volcano erupted. Video posted to social media showed large waves washing ashore in coastal areas.

United Nations: A United Nations report said on Thursday that the deadly wave of COVID-19 Delta variant stole 240,000 lives in India between April and June in 2021 and disrupted economic recovery, and warned that "similar episodes" could take place in the near term.

India has voiced deep concern over the safety of seven Indian nationals on a Houthi-seized United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo vessel, calling for the immediate release of the crew and the ship.