North Korea has been sending equipment to Syria that could be used to make chemical weapons, a UN report says. Some 40 previously unreported shipments were made between 2012 and 2017, the report...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview published Tuesday, said he was "convinced" the Syrian government was not behind an alleged chemical attack in the country last month that killed...
The Islamic State group has claimed its first suicide attack in Somalia, which police said Wednesday killed five people at a checkpoint in the northeastern port city of Bosaso. The group's...
During his election campaign, France’s new president Emmanuel Macron promised he would visit French troops in Mali. Just days into his term, he made Mali his second foreign visit, and his first to...
France has deployed about 4,000 soldiers in the region France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured more than 20 militants in a forest near Mali's border with Burkina Faso. A...
While Western powers have blamed Syria's regime for this week's suspected chemical attack, questions remain over why it would make such a move following a string of victories and a diplomatic...
In a small cubicle in one of the hotels in Cape Town, South Africa, Paul Chimene is busily reading and taking notes in preparation for school the next day. He does this at 11 p.m. every day before he...
The United States' stumbling response Tuesday to the latest apparent chemical weapons strike in Syria underlined the disarray at the heart of its strategy for the country. After an awkward delay,...
A U. S. Air Force dog, Jony, serving with the 20th Security Forces Squadron, has retired after nine years, or 68 dog years, of distinguished service, the U.S. Department of Defence has said Pentagon,...
Two Afghan friends were incarcerated together at Guantanamo Bay, but they chose starkly divergent paths after release -- one became an Islamic State jihadist, the other joined the US-led government...
Dozens of Coptic Christian families in Egypt have fled North Sinai province after a number of killings in recent weeks by suspected Islamist militants. Many have now taken refuge in the Evangelical...
Malaysian police say they are looking for four more North Korean suspects in connection with the killing of Kim Jong-Nam. The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un died on Monday...
A female suspect has been arrested in Malaysia in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother. Local police said that the woman was arrested at the airport in the...
South Korea has confirmed the killing of the brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, saying it could be a sign of the brutality of Pyongyang. Kim Jong-nam was killed in an apparent poison attack...
“When death is closing in on any soul, it renders that individual blind and deaf so that he/ she can see not see nor hear the footsteps of death” Such is the situation the NDC found itself in...
On Wednesday December 7, 2016, eligible voters in the Republic of Ghana are expected to exercise their franchise. The battle for presidency is between the president of the republic, Mr. John Dramani...
South Africa and Burundi's decision to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) and an attack by Gambia against its supposed 'Caucasian' justice are likely to embolden other African states to...
In a new video by the Boko Haram, suspected members of the sect said they were plotting to capture President Muhammadu Buhari. The footage, narrated in Hausa, is said to have been shot somewhere in...
Johannesburg (AFP) - A Nigerian jailed in Johannesburg for a series of terror attacks in his homeland on Wednesday appealed his conviction, challenging South Africa's right to try him, his lawyer...
The founder and general overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) prophet T.B. Joshua has claimed that he predicted the terrorist attacks on Paris, France.
In what seems to be the...