Nairobi--Over 2.5 million South Sudanese are on the edge of famine and civil war is expected to continue, the United Nations warned Monday,...
Nairobi--Over 2.5 million South Sudanese are on the edge of famine and civil war is expected to continue, the United Nations warned Monday,...
Jerusalem--Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the government to demolish nine homes in a West Bank Jewish settlement which were built on private Palestinian...
Qatari FM Doha--A Qatar-based senior Hamas leader on Monday praised the Gulf state's "courageous" foreign minister, Khalid al-Attiyah, after an apparent spat with...
Niamey--Nigeria's Boko Haram fighters launched a new attack in neighbouring Niger on Monday, as parliament in Niamey was set to vote on joining...
Abuja--Nigeria's general election will not be postponed past March 28, National Security Advisor Sambo Dasuki told AFP on Monday, after he successfully lobbied...
Kiev,--The European Union on Monday put fresh sanctions against Moscow on hold ahead of a summit to thrash out a Ukraine peace plan...
London--British Prime Minister David Cameron met Monday with senior economic officials to discuss a possible Greek exit from the eurozone as part of...
Sambo Dasuki Abuja--Nigeria's National Security Advisor Sambo Dasuki told AFP Monday that an ongoing multinational offensive against Boko Haram will destroy all known...
Cairo--Egyptian football fans blamed police on Monday for a stampede and clashes at a Cairo stadium that left 19 people dead, raising fears...
Beirut--At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded on Monday in government air strikes on an area outside the capital Damascus, the...
Sydney--Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday called for an end to "disunity and uncertainty" after surviving a confidence vote on his leadership,...
Ottawa--Canada pushed Egypt on Sunday to immediately release Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian who is set to be retried this week while...
Sydney--A cafe siege by a lone gunman in Sydney in which two hostages were killed was inspired by the Islamic State "death cult",...
Komunar, Ukraine--The inhabitants of Komunar, less than 50 kilometres (35 miles) from Ukrainian separatist stronghold Donetsk, feel forgotten by the world as they...
Los Angeles--US President Barack Obama and superstar Katy Perry teamed up Sunday to turn the Grammys -- for a few minutes -- into...
Santiago--Climbers in Chile's Andes say they have found the wreckage of a missing plane that disappeared more than half a century ago with...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories--Hatem is only 14 but has already lived through three wars with Israel. Now the young Gazan says he is...
Beijing--A Chinese mining billionaire said to have links with disgraced former security tsar Zhou Yongkang and who once launched a bid for Australia's...
