Africa

Killing of Cecil the lion triggers probe by U.S. agency: source

The killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe by American dentist and trophy hunter Walter Palmer is bei...

Jul 30, 2015 06:31 PM EDT

Italy's Renzi warns EU on refugees as neighbors block border crossings

Italy stepped up calls for a change to European asylum rules on Sunday as neighboring states tighten...

Jun 14, 2015 09:55 AM EDT

Blatter rocks world soccer by quitting FIFA amid scandal

Sepp Blatter rocked the world of soccer on Tuesday by unexpectedly saying he would step down as FIFA...

Jun 02, 2015 06:32 PM EDT

International effort rescues over 5,000 Mediterranean migrants

The corpses of 17 migrants were brought ashore in Sicily aboard an Italian naval vessel on Sunday al...

May 31, 2015 06:42 PM EDT

Some French soldiers in CAR abuse probe identified: source

French authorities have identified some of their troops accused of sexually abusing children in Cent...

Apr 30, 2015 07:44 AM EDT

Brother says accused Tunisian was forced to captain migrant boat at gunpoint

The Tunisian man accused of piloting a migrant boat that sank off Libya, killing more than 700 peopl...

Apr 26, 2015 12:20 AM EDT

Japan's Abe says ready to meet China's Xi at Jakarta summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he was ready to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping ...

Apr 20, 2015 11:04 AM EDT

EU meets on migrant crisis as shipwreck corpses brought ashore

European Union foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg on Monday under pressure to produce more tha...

Apr 20, 2015 08:16 AM EDT

Hundreds drown off Libya, EU leaders forced to reconsider migrant crisis

As many as 700 migrants were feared dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, r...

Apr 19, 2015 06:22 PM EDT

Italy's migrant crisis intensifies with murder arrests, drownings

Italian police arrested 15 African men suspected of throwing about a dozen Christians from a migrant...

Apr 17, 2015 06:08 AM EDT

Conservationists praise U.S. regulators vote to end sardine season

Federal regulators voted on Wednesday to end the current U.S. sardine season immediately in an effor...

Apr 16, 2015 10:15 AM EDT

Palestinians prepared to trigger case as they join ICC

The Palestinian Authority joined the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, a move deeply oppose...

Apr 01, 2015 09:30 AM EDT

U.S. military trains African armies ahead of Boko Haram campaign

Under the glare of the Saharan sun, a U.S. special forces trainer corrects the aim of a Chadian sold...

Feb 26, 2015 08:43 AM EST

Oscar nominee 'Timbuktu' tackles everyday view of radical Islam

Abderrahmane Sissako, the director of Mauritania's Oscar-nominated film "Timbuktu," says in a matter...

Feb 14, 2015 09:42 AM EST

Zimbabwe's Mugabe, 90, becomes African Union chairman

Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's most divisive figures, ascended to...

Jan 31, 2015 10:01 AM EST

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