Abubakar Shekau YAOUNDE--The head of Boko Haram -- the enigmatic Abubakar Shekau -- has openly taunted the countries being menaced by the armed...
Abubakar Shekau YAOUNDE--The head of Boko Haram -- the enigmatic Abubakar Shekau -- has openly taunted the countries being menaced by the armed...
DHAKA--A court in Bangladesh issued an arrest warrant for the editor of the country's top daily newspaper on Wednesday over a cartoon and...
SANAA--Shia militiamen in Yemen allowed Prime Minister Khalid Bahah to leave his residence on Wednesday after a two-day siege, a spokesman said. Spokesman...
WASHINGTON--The United States on Wednesday said it was closely monitoring a crisis in Yemen that has seen Shiite militia seize much of the...
LONDON-- Britain's left-wing opposition Labour Party on Wednesday scored its lowest YouGov poll rating since it was voted out of power in 2010,...
NIAMEY--The headquarters of the regional African force set up to fight Boko Haram will be transferred to Chad after its base in Baga...
WASHINGTON--The United States and its partners have launched 23 air strikes in Syria and Iraq against Islamic State since early Tuesday, the U.S....
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories--Israel's navy opened fire at fishing boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding two Palestinian fishermen,...
Ilham Aliyev BERLIN-- Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev shrugged off criticism of his government's record on free speech, saying during a visit to Germany...
Angela Merkel BERLIN-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes that four-way talks in Berlin on Wednesday evening aimed at defusing a new spiral of...
KAYSERI, TURKEY--Two Turkish police were jailed Wednesday for at least 10 years for beating to death a teenage protester during 2013 demonstrations against...
BEIJING--Authorities in Myanmar have detained 155 Chinese nationals for illegal logging, China's foreign ministry said Wednesday, denying reports that its citizens had been...
Japanese PM TOKYO--Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe admitted Wednesday it was a "race against time" to free two hostages snatched by Islamist militants...
JERUSALEM--Israeli police on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of hacking into the computers and stealing the work of international recording artists including Madonna,...
PARIS--France has charged four suspects with assisting one of the Islamist gunmen who carried out the Paris attacks, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Four...
LUSAKA--Zambian police fired tear gas Wednesday to disperse around 100 supporters of the leading opposition candidate in Zambia's presidential election as they waited...
Yemen's President SANAA--Embattled Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi met with a representative of Huthi militiamen Wednesday, a day after the Shia fighters seized...
LUSAKA--Boats and ox-wagons were deployed to get ballot papers to parts of Zambia hit by torrential rains as presidential elections were extended for...
