LYNSEY CHUTEL, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The African Union chairwoman is “safe and sound,” the organization said on Thursday, after leaked intelligence documents revealed a...
(Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab militants said they carried out a mortar attack on the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, but there...
TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israelis go to the polls next month, tens of thousands of Jewish settlers in the West Bank will...
DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican lawmakers on Tuesday night passed an act to decriminalize small amounts of pot and establish a licensing...
(Bloomberg) – Emerging markets in Asia and Africa still reign supreme: They’re at the top of global growth projections over the next two years. The world...
LUZ DARY DEPABLOS, Associated Press HANNAH DREIER, Associated Press SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (AP) — A 14-year-old boy died Tuesday after being shot in the head during...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network (GIN) – After a published plea from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for U.S. combat troops in the...
REUTERS – Israel set a 10-year record last year for the number of tenders it issued for construction in settlements on occupied land in the...
HAVANA (New York Times) — The river where Jonas Echevarria fishes cuts through neighborhoods brimming with new fine restaurants, spas and boutiques, springing up in Cuba’s accelerating...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The leader of the U.N.’s expert panel on climate change stepped down on Tuesday amid an investigation into a colleague’s allegations...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior Afghan leader said on Monday that his country’s government will begin peace talks with the Taliban in the “near...
Andrew Meldrum, ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A video purported to be by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in...
Evens Sanon, ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of people streamed into Haiti’s main public park on Saturday to honor the 17 victims who...
ESAM MOHAMED, Associated Press MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Islamic State militants unleashed suicide bombings Friday in eastern Libya, killing at least 40...
ABDI GULED, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At least two people were killed and Somalia’s deputy prime minister is among some officials who were wounded...
IAN DEITCH, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian officials are nervously watching a landmark terrorism trial in the United States, brought by victims of Palestinian suicide...
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A year after he took office, President Ronald Reagan placed Cuba on a list of state sponsors of terror...
(BBC) – The head of Fifa’s anti-racism task force says racism in English football is “right in front of your face”. Jeffrey Webb said discrimination was...
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Niger, Chad and Cameroon are seeking to pin down Boko Haram within Nigeria’s borders ahead of a ground-and-air offensive by a regional...
SYLVIE CORBET, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s prime minister survived a no-confidence vote Thursday called after rebel lawmakers in his Socialist Party teamed up with...
ARON HELLER, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When Jennifer Teege stumbled upon a book in a Hamburg library seven years ago, the biracial German woman who...
JEROME PUGMIRE, AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — With a racist song ringing in his ears, a black man trying to board a subway train in...
(BBC) – Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has quit the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 28 March elections, tearing up his membership card...
KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Decades ago the Chinese New Year holiday, also known as Spring Festival, had little impact outside of...
ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Racial pride and the fight against racism in Brazil were the themes of samba group presentations...
