Lagos---Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau directly ordered women to be killed in the northeast Nigerian town of Gwoza, one man who was forcibly...
Lagos---Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau directly ordered women to be killed in the northeast Nigerian town of Gwoza, one man who was forcibly...
Colombo---The Maldives' former defence minister has been found guilty of attempting a coup and jailed for 11 years, his family and officials said,...
Duesseldorf, Germany---The Germanwings co-pilot who flew his Airbus into the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard, hid a serious illness from the airline,...
Multan, Pakistan---An animal enthusiast in Pakistan is celebrating a roaring success after his pet lioness Rani gave birth to five healthy cubs. The...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Moscow---Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded several military units a hugely prestigious title that was given to troops for...
Dushanbe, Tajikistan---Tajikistan is seeking to evacuate some 100 medical workers and their families from Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has launched air strikes...
London---British opposition leader Ed Miliband launched his campaign Friday to defeat Prime Minister David Cameron in upcoming general elections after primetime television interviews...
Lausanne---Marathon Iran nuclear talks headed Friday towards a critical weekend as Britain said its foreign minister would join his US, Iranian and French...
Beirut---Islamist rebels made fresh advances Friday on the edges of Idlib city in northwest Syria, after fierce clashes that have left dozens of...
Brussels---The European Union kept Hamas on its terrorism blacklist Friday despite a controversial court decision ordering Brussels to remove the Palestinian Islamist group...
Beijing---Chinese authorities on Friday began relocating the country's rare finless porpoise population in a bid to revive a species threatened by pollution, overfishing...
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan---Lambasted in the West over his human rights record, Uzbekistan's strongman Islam Karimov looks certain to extend his 25-year grip on power...
Ankara---The Turkish parliament on Friday passed a stripped down version of its controversial homeland security bill that has enraged the opposition, after a...
Washington---US President Barack Obama on Friday rolled out plans to cut inappropriate antibiotic use by half, in an effort to tackle drug resistance....
Phnom Penh---Cambodia's UN-backed court on Friday charged another former Khmer Rouge member with crimes against humanity, weeks after the country's leader warned against...
Düsseldorf, Germany---The co-pilot thought to have deliberately crashed his Germanwings jet into the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard, kept secret the fact...
The Hague---A massive power cut caused chaos in and around the Dutch capital Amsterdam on Friday, including temporarily halting all flights at Schiphol...
Chad's President Idriss Deby Paris---Chad's President Idriss Deby has accused Nigeria of downplaying the threat from Boko Haram and failing to cooperate with...
