March 23 (UPI) -- The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Idai grew to more than 400 Saturday, a number that is expected to grow higher.

March 23 (UPI) -- Italy became the first G-7 country to sign on to China's Belt and Road initiative, a deal experts say is meant to expand the country's ambitions into Europe.

March 23 (UPI) -- At least three people were killed in explosions at an agriculture ceremony in Afghanistan's Helmand province Saturday, officials said.

March 22 (UPI) -- A fire broke out at a Houston-area chemical plant two days after firefighters extinguished a four-day blaze that sent black smoke into the air, officials said.

March 22 (UPI) -- Two buses collided and burst into flames Friday in central Ghana, local police said, killing at least 50 people.

March 22 (UPI) -- Special counsel Robert Mueller submitted a report on his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election to Attorney General William Barr.

March 22 (UPI) -- A Turkish man confessed to opening fire aboard a tram earlier this week in Utrecht, Netherlands, killing three people, Dutch prosecutors said.

EL PASO, Texas, March 22 (UPI) -- El Paso's migrant shelters are bracing for a busy weekend because immigration authorities are expected to release almost 2,000 migrant families, officials said.

EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 22 (UPI) -- Catastrophic flooding across the Midwest is decimating entire regions -- wiping out roads and bridges, destroying homes and buildings, killing livestock and rendering useless millions of acres of farmland.

March 22 (UPI) -- The White House on Friday declared the Islamic State 100 percent defeated in Syria.