A man was shot dead after stabbing a policeman guarding the perimeter wall of the U. S. Embassy in Nairobi and trying to take his gun, a Kenyan police official said Thursday. The policeman who had...
An official said the killings were to avenge the death of one of ISIL's commanders Fighters have killed at least 30 civilians, including children, after abducting them in the remote Afghan province...
Justin Timberlake has been spared a brush with the law after a picture he posted of himself voting caught the attention of Tennessee authorities. The actor and pop star uploaded a picture to...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Some 83 Nigerian soldiers are missing in action since Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked a remote military base in the northeast, senior army officers said Sunday. The...
The derailed train which overturned at Eseke, Cameroon At least 53 people died when a packed passenger train derailed and overturned in Cameroon, the country's transport minister says. The train was...
12:30 a.m. The Russian military says that in the first day of the pause in fighting over the Syrian city of Aleppo, the corridors set up for civilians to escape the besieged city and for rebels to...
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar says he could return to the turbulent country as early as next month, even if he has to enter the way he fled — on foot. He has begun speaking out again after a...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made 37 false claims at the third and final presidential debate, the third consecutive time he has been in the 30s. According to CNN, Trump spoke for 35...
The funeral was being held for the father of the interior minister A Saudi-led coalition air strike has hit a funeral hall in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing 82 people according to officials. More...
An audio recording from 2005 features Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump making lewd comments about women during a conversation with then-”Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush. Excerpts...
World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he is laid to rest three days after he died at the age of 93. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him...
Media captionShimon Peres was considered the last of Israel's founding fathers World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he is laid to rest three days after he...
Dozens of world leaders are gathering in Israel to pay tributes to Shimon Peres, one of the country's founding fathers, who died on Wednesday aged 93. Mr Peres' state funeral will be held in...
South Sudan's rebel leader on Monday accused President Salva Kiir of wanting to turn the country into an "ethnic state" for his Dinka group. Riek Machar's statement, obtained by The Associated Press,...
A gunman shot dead by police after he shot at people outside a shopping centre in Houston, Texas, was a "disgruntled lawyer", authorities said. Nine people were injured, one of them critically, in...
Ahmad Khan Rahami, the 28-year-old suspect in the bombings in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend, was taken into custody after a shootout with police in Linden, N. J., on Monday morning,...
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld a decision to freeze the assets of several prominent human rights campaigners in the latest blow to a once-vibrant activist community that has been largely...
At least 29 people have been injured in an explosion in the Chelsea district of New York City, officials say. The cause of the blast late on Saturday remains unclear. Mayor Bill de Blasio described...
Police in Germany have tightened security for this year's Oktoberfest over terrorism fears. The world's biggest beer festival will be fenced off for the first time to ensure visitors go through...
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she is "feeling great" hours after her early exit from a 9/11 ceremony raised health fears. Her campaign said earlier she had left the event...
