ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A leading human rights group said Thursday that Nigeria-based Boko Haram had killed more than 1,000 civilians already this year and forced hundreds of...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI, Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of civilians, including many children, have been abducted and are being used...
RYAN LUCAS, Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels launched an offensive Tuesday against a major government-held city in the country’s northwest, shelling the outskirts and...
DANIEL ESTRIN, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Arab political leaders in Israel on Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology for comments he made in last...
DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. is weighing whether to back Palestinian efforts to seek U.N. recognition...
LYNNE O’DONNELL, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands marched through the Afghan capital Tuesday, demanding justice for a woman who was beaten to death by...
LYNSEY CHUTEL, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The “Memoirs of a Porcupine,” the “Confessions of the Lioness” and the lessons from the Sahara desert are just...
Farai Gunda, FORBES (Forbes)—With the continent’s most populous nation, Nigeria heading for presidential elections coming up this Saturday, the White House released a video of President Barack Obama’s...
Andrea Rodriguez and Peter Orsi, ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA (AP) — Bookings to Cuba jumped 57 percent for one New York tour operator in the weeks...
Christopher Torchia, ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG (AP) — “Baby Thomas never had a chance,” begins a South African newspaper report about the toll of fetal...
Bouazza ben Bouazza and Harold Heckle, ASSOCIATED PRESS TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — With bullets flying and his heart pounding, Spanish tourist Josep Lluis Cusido never...
RAF CASERT, Associated Press FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union committed 2 billion euros ($2.15 billion) on Friday to help Athens deal...
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization warned on Friday of a risk of outbreaks of measles, whooping cough and other diseases in West African countries...
ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press KYOTO, Japan (AP) — U.S. first lady Michelle Obama was treated to a serene classical Noh performance and then tried taiko drums...
(Ebony) – Tonjé Bakang, 33, was beautifully poisoned by Black American culture at an early age. As a teenager growing up in France during the late 1990s,...
(Reuters) – The United Nations said on Thursday Islamic State forces may have committed genocide in trying to wipe out the Yazidi minority in Iraq as well as war crimes...
(Bloomberg) – Kaspersky Lab sells security software, including antivirus programs recommended by big-box stores and other U.S. PC retailers. The Moscow-based company ranks sixth in...
JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press PAUL SCHEMM, Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for the attack that killed 21 people...
(Reuters) – Graffiti and Boko Haram’s black and white flags were all that remained of the Islamists in Damasak after troops from Chad and Niger...
Malwal: Elder Statesman Traveling Across U.S. to Build Stronger Ties by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times Bona Malwal is considered...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network (GIN) – The steady nation of Ghana could be heading for a painful train wreck as government...
CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY, Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president on Wednesday fired his vice president, who was kicked out of their political party...
by Bert Wilkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Caribbean governments restated their intention to pursue Britain and other European nations that...
SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday referred a police officer to trial for the killing of a female protester...
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, Associated Press BIELEFELD, Germany (AP) — Yassin Musharbash, a leading German journalist with Jordanian roots, pulls out some recent “fan mail” and starts reading...
