Kano, Nigeria---Nigerian troops have rescued about 160 more hostages from Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold, the army said on Thursday, taking the total...
Kano, Nigeria---Nigerian troops have rescued about 160 more hostages from Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold, the army said on Thursday, taking the total...
Moscow---North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has cancelled his planned visit to Moscow to attend Russia's World War II anniversary celebrations on May 9,...
Bamako---Armed insurgents exchanged fire with soldiers in Mali on Wednesday, plunging peace negotiations into disarray in the first clash this year between government...
N'Djamena---Long tailbacks form at a bridge on the border between Chad and Cameroon while Chadian security forces, wary of deadly Boko Haram jihadists,...
Gorkha, Nepal---As the helicopter swooped over Nepal's lush Gorkha Valley in search of earthquake survivors, the 10-foot 'HELP!' sign spelled out by a...
London---Gamblers are revelling in Britain's knife-edge general election, betting record amounts of money on the race to take 10 Downing Street. And the...
Munich, Germany---Munich will open a museum on the former site of the Nazi party headquarters Thursday, in a long overdue reckoning with the...
Buenos Aires---Argentine politicians passed a law Wednesday aimed at providing financial compensation to the victims of the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires...
Beirut---Twenty-five fighters from the Islamic State group were killed when a powerful blast rocked an explosives manufacturing plant in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor...
Washington---The US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld rules that allow states to block judges who are running in elections from soliciting campaign contributions....
Ho Chi Minh City---Vietnam was set Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of Saigon's fall with a huge military parade celebrating the moment...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Ottawa---Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged Can$122.8 million Wednesday to help Jordan cope with a massive influx of...
Washington---A top US diplomat visited Burundi Wednesday for talks with officials amid deadly demonstrations against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term....
Harare---Attacks on immigrants living in South Africa dominated a regional summit in Zimbabwe on Wednesday, with President Robert Mugabe criticising workers who seek...
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Boston---Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a "lovely" child who worked diligently in school and liked everyone, former teachers told his death...
Cilacap, Indonesia---Indonesia faced a storm of international protest Wednesday for putting seven foreign drug convicts before a firing squad, but Filipinos rejoiced after...
Washington---The United States, where the death penalty is still carried out, on Wednesday steered clear of a storm of global protest triggered by...
Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with the GCC Interior Ministers and officials during...
