Ethiopia’s spreading Tigray conflict faced a dangerous escalation Friday as an Amhara regional official said Amhara forces would launch an offensive Saturday against Tigray forces who have entered the region and taken control of a town hosting a UNESCO…

About 40 migrants were feared dead after a boat carrying about 50 people traveling from Western Sahara to Spain’s Canary Islands capsized, a Spanish nongovernmental organization said on Friday.”Tragedy: forty-two people, among those thirty women, eight…