FREETOWN--Sierra Leone now has the means to curb the Ebola epidemic, the new head of the UN mission for the fight against the...
FREETOWN--Sierra Leone now has the means to curb the Ebola epidemic, the new head of the UN mission for the fight against the...
ARUSHA, TANZANIA--Tanzania is supporting disarmament efforts against Rwandan rebels in lawless eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, President Jakaya Kikwete has said, dismissing accusations...
WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama rallied to the support of France on Friday after the bloody end to hostage sieges in Paris, vowing to offer...
Interior Minister PARIS--France is keeping its highest possible security level in the greater Paris area, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Saturday, in the...
PHNOM, PENH--A mass HIV outbreak in a Cambodian village was most likely caused by contaminated medical equipment, the World Health Organization and Cambodian...
CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA--Thousands of people on Saturday flocked to the funeral of eight children found dead at their home in the northern Australian city...
ISLAMABAD--A faction of the Pakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for an apparent suicide attack on a Shia mosque in the garrison city...
MOGADISHU--East African foreign ministers met in Mogadishu on Saturday to push peace efforts in war-torn Somalia, the first time the regional bloc has...
PORT-AU-PRINCE--Five years after an earthquake demolished its capital, Haiti's efforts to get back on its feet are still hampered by an epidemic blamed...
Sri Lanka President-elect COLOMBO--Sri Lanka's press showed rare unity Saturday in giving the thumbs up to new President Maithripala Sirisena who had promised...
OTTAWA--Canadian police arrested two brothers on terrorism-related charges Friday, less than three months after the country suffered two Islamist-related attacks -- one of...
RIO DE JANEIRO--Tensions were high in Sao Paulo Friday after police resorted to tear gas and detained some 50 protesters, as thousands took...
ABOARD KRI BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA--The tail of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea was lifted to the surface using floating...
LISBON--Vandals tagged the main mosque in the Portuguese capital Lisbon with far-right graffiti the day after its imam condemned the Islamist terror attacks...
WASHINTON--The FBI and US Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against David Petraeus for allegedly providing classified information to his former...
WASHINGTON--Islamic State jihadists are having to spend more effort defending key supply lines in Iraq due to US-led air strikes and pressure from...
RIO DE JANEIRO--Rio-based daily Globo is laying off around 100 staff, including 30 journalists, a spokesman for the union of journalists told AFP...
WASHINGTON--A top sharia official from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has threatened France with fresh attacks following those at the Charlie Hebdo...
