Africa

Islamic State threatens two Japanese captives in video

The militant Islamic State group, which holds territory in Iraq and Syria, issued a video online on ...

Jan 20, 2015 04:05 AM EST

ICC opens examination of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The International Criminal Court has launched an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian...

Jan 17, 2015 06:44 AM EST

French policewoman killed in shoot-out, hunt deepens for militant killers

A policewoman was killed in a shootout in southern Paris on Thursday, triggering searches in the are...

Jan 08, 2015 07:12 AM EST

Abbas rolls statehood dice with International Criminal Court move

For someone nearing 80, President Mahmoud Abbas still knows how to shake things up. But his decision...

Jan 05, 2015 09:48 PM EST

Uganda's Museveni calls on African nations to quit the ICC

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Friday called on African nations to drop out of the treaty est...

Dec 13, 2014 07:52 AM EST

Ivory Coast army protests sow fears of return to unrest

Protests by disgruntled soldiers in Ivory Coast have exposed the government's failure to reform its ...

Nov 30, 2014 08:12 AM EST

France's Hollande praises peaceful Burkina transition as model for Africa

French President Francois Hollande warned African leaders on Saturday against trying to hang on to p...

Nov 30, 2014 12:21 AM EST

Four arrested in Kenya over drug syndicate linked to U.S.

Four people were arrested in Kenya's Indian Ocean port of Mombasa on suspicion of trafficking huge q...

Nov 11, 2014 04:12 AM EST

Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani; U.S. planes pound Islamic State targets

Syrian Kurds welcomed the arrival in Kobani of Iraqi Kurdish fighters with their heavy weapons, hopi...

Nov 01, 2014 06:16 PM EDT

African immigrants worry about backlash from U.S. Ebola case

In Dallas and other cities home to large populations of African immigrants, worries are abounding am...

Oct 04, 2014 11:12 PM EDT

Algerian militants behead kidnapped French tourist

Algerian militants have beheaded French tourist Herve Gourdel, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday...

Sep 25, 2014 02:14 AM EDT

World leaders to gather at U.N. in shadow of Islamic State, Ebola crises

World leaders gather in New York this week to tackle a host of crises: the violence Islamic State mi...

Sep 21, 2014 08:07 PM EDT

It's not a small world after all: world population will soar

Contrary to some earlier projections, the world's population will soar through the end of the 21st c...

Sep 21, 2014 05:46 AM EDT

Hawks discipline general manager for racial comments about Deng

The NBA's Atlanta Hawks said on Tuesday they would discipline general manager Danny Ferry for making...

Sep 09, 2014 10:47 PM EDT

Boko Haram leader says ruling Nigerian town by Islamic law

The leader of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram said his fighters were now ruling the captured nor...

Aug 25, 2014 11:17 AM EDT

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