Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has announced he will resign in January amid police investigations of the murder of a journalist that are engulfing his administration.

Two airstrikes within 72 hours killed 14 children and injured at least 10 other civilians in Libya, said the forces of Libya's UN-backed government on Sunday.

Gunmen attacked a church on Sunday and left at least 14 dead and several injured in Burkina Faso's eastern region, an official said.

SENDAI  —   A consecration cer-emony was held on recently for a Buddha statue donated by Myan-mar for victims of the devastat-ing 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan.

Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will step down on January 18, party sources told AFP Saturday, following mounting criticism of his response to the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The announcement came as the main suspect in the 2017 car bomb killing, tycoon Yorgen Fenech, 38, was charged with complicity in the murder.

The European Union is getting a new set of top officials on Sunday at a time when the bloc faces increasing challenges.