The upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 will feature seven matches in Houston at NRG Stadium, which will be renamed Houston Stadium during the tournament.

The Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort and relatives of U.S. service members stuck in Qatar to a third country.

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia for treason and war crimes.

Rebels in eastern Congo affiliated with the Islamic State group have killed at least 60 people in an attack.

The U.N. human rights office says Congo’s armed forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have committed gang rape, sexual slavery, torture, killings of civilians and other “horrific” atrocities in eastern Congo this year.

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in Congo.

President Donald Trump said he’s immediately suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called “a direct and blatant attack on our country.”.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long fighting in eastern Congo.

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who have been living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been repatriated.

In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals — monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe — stand at attention in a clearing.

Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's public health agency said ahead of a meeting with regional health ministers to discuss other financing options.

Hundreds of people have tested positive for malaria in northwest Congo as health officials try to understand what is behind illnesses that have surpassed 1,000 cases and killed at least 60 people.

Congo’s largest church organizations have met with Rwanda-backed rebels in the country’s east to advocate for peace and dialogue after weekslong fighting.

The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities controlled by Rwanda-backed rebels after the rebels were accused of forced camp closures.

Bodies are lying on the streets.

Authorities say the governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained in fighting on the front line as M23 rebels close in on Goma.

Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as M23 rebels encircle the city, battling Congo’s army.

Amnesty International has called for an investigation into a former governor and two top army officials in Congo for “possible crimes against humanity” during a deadly protest crackdown last year.

Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.

Fifty years after Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Zaire, the fight still has lasting legacy in the country now known as Congo.

The government of Congo has canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, citing late submissions and a lack of competition.

Authorities in Congo say 600 prisoners in the country's main prison have been freed as part of a process aimed at decongesting overcrowded prisons.

Congolese authorities say that an attempted jailbreak in the country's main prison has left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a stampede at the overcrowded facility.

The U.N. health agency has launched a six-month plan to help stanch outbreaks of mpox transmission.

The Goma dance festival, the largest dance festival in Congo, has taken place each year for the past seven years, despite ongoing attacks by rebel groups.

Families of the victims of last week's bombings at two camps of displaced people in eastern Congo, which killed at least sixteen people, have mourned their loved ones at a ceremony in the city of Goma.

Attacks at two displacement camps in eastern Congo's North Kivu province have killed at least 12 people, including children.

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has been sworn into office after a disputed December election.

Congo’s president says he has confidence an upcoming vote will be rolled out credibly, as tensions mount that a severe lack of electoral preparation could throw the conflict-riddled nation into disarray.

Two high-ranking military officers in northeast Congo have been arrested for their involvement in a crackdown on protests that left 43 people dead and dozens more severely injured.

Pope Francis’ long-awaited visit to Congo and South Sudan this week comes amid soaring insecurity in both war-torn countries.

Congolese fighter jets have begun bombing rebel targets in the country’s embattled east as the military steps up its fight against the M23 group.

Congo's military says some 3,000 people have stepped forward to join the military's fight against M23 rebels in the country's east.

Police have dispersed about 100 demonstrators in Congo’s eastern town of Beni.

The remains of Congo’s independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba were laid to rest in Kinshasa Thursday amid honors including a procession through the capital, military salutes and music in front of thousands of people.

Belgium’s King Philippe has expressed his “deepest regrets” to Congolese lawmakers for abuses committed during colonial rule.