Washington---A round of US-Cuban talks devoted to human rights will be "preliminary" in nature and used to set a format for future discussions...
Washington---A round of US-Cuban talks devoted to human rights will be "preliminary" in nature and used to set a format for future discussions...
London---A British army reservist who contracted Ebola while working as a volunteer nurse in Sierra Leone has fully recovered after becoming the first...
Chad's President Idriss Deby N'Djamena---Two months after neighbouring countries sent troops to help crush the ruthless Islamist movement Boko Haram inside Nigeria, there...
Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi Sanaa---Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, a former Socialist apparatchik and would-be consensus figure despite a lack of political...
Aden---At least 21 Yemeni Shiite rebels were killed Friday when residents in a tribal southern region opened fire at their vehicles, a local...
The Hague---A massive power cut caused chaos in and around the Dutch capital Amsterdam on Friday, including halting all flights at Schiphol International...
Rome---Judges at Italy's top court retired to chambers Friday to consider whether to uphold the murder conviction of Amanda Knox in what could...
Jerusalem---Israel will release to the Palestinian Authority tax funds it collects on its behalf and withheld as punishment for its move to join...
United Nations, United States---France plans to begin talks at the United Nations on a new Security Council resolution to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects,...
Johannesburg---South Africa's state power company Eskom said Friday more than 1,000 workers building a much-needed new power plant had been sacked for staging...
Berlin---German airlines have agreed new rules to ensure that two crew members are in a planes's cockpit at all times, the aviation association...
Abuja---Nigeria's military on Friday announced that troops had retaken the town of Gwoza from Boko Haram, from which the group declared their caliphate...
Mogadishu---At least one person was killed on Friday in a car bombing near a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said. The blast,...
Harry Reid Washington---Harry Reid, the combative leader of the Democrats in the US Senate, said Friday that he won't be seeking reelection in...
Baku---Armenian forces killed an Azerbaijani soldier as clashes festered along the volatile frontline of the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region, a military spokesman in...
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius United Nations, United States---France plans to begin talks at the United Nations on a new Security Council resolution to...
Islamabad---Pakistan is ready to defend Saudi Arabia's "territorial integrity" but has not yet decided to join Riyadh's coalition fighting Yemen rebels, Islamabad's defence...
United Nations, United States---The UN Security Council is expected to adopt on Friday a resolution to step up the fight against Islamic extremists...
