Somali security forces have rescued an Indian cargo ship seized by pirates earlier this month, but the hijackers took nine of the 11-man crew when they fled ashore. They are thought to be being held...
South Africa's scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma has denounced as racist some of the placards displayed at mass protests last week to demand his removal from power. Mr Zuma has been speaking at a...
Nigeria's military says it has released 593 people held on suspicion of being linked to militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Reuters news agency reports. The chief of army staff directed that those...
President Donald Trump’s deputy national security adviser, KT McFarland, has been asked to step down after just three months, US media say. Ms McFarland, an ex-Fox News analyst, has been offered...
Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic churches that left at least 44 dead. The measure allows authorities to make arrests...
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic churches that left at least 44 dead. The measure allows authorities to make arrests...
President Donald Trump's deputy national security adviser, KT McFarland, has been asked to step down after just three months, US media say. Ms McFarland, an ex-Fox News analyst, has been offered the...
The court said the accused were members of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region on Saturday executed five people it said were Islamist militants...
At least 15 people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside a military base in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Sunday, including some in a van that was destroyed, military officials said. The...
The suspect behind the Stockholm truck attack had been facing deportation and had extremist sympathies, Swedish police say. The 39-year-old Uzbek man is suspected of having driven a truck into a...
US President Donald Trump has welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to his Florida resort for their first summit. Mr Trump said the two men had "developed a friendship" as they sat for dinner at his...
Some of the women were on their way to Europe when IS fighters kidnapped and held them as sex slaves Libyan authorities in the northern port city Misrata have freed 28 Eritreans and seven Nigeria...
Syria's civil war has been raging for more than six years The Pentagon is in detailed discussions with the White House about military options on Syria, according to a US official. This could include...
Gambians deported from Libya stand in line as they wait for registration at the airport in Banjul Four suspected people-smugglers were killed in an exchange of gunfire with the Libyan coastguard off...
US President Donald Trump is set to hold his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a high-stakes summit for both leaders. The heads of the world's two biggest economies will hold the...
The Syrian foreign minister has set out conditions for any UN investigation into the deaths of dozens of people from a chemical agent on Tuesday. Walid Muallem told the BBC it would have to be...
The entire town of Edgecumbe on New Zealand's North Island has been evacuated, after severe flooding. About 600 homes and 2,000 people are affected, as tractors and boats help take locals to safety....
Twitter Inc (TWTR. N) is launching a faster version of its mobile service on Wednesday aimed at people with sporadic connections or little data on their smartphone plans, hoping to pick up users in...
US President Donald Trump has condemned the killing of dozens of civilians in northern Syria in an apparent chemical weapons attack by Syria's air force. It was an "affront to humanity", he said,...
Witnesses told Reuters that the blast had destroyed the cafe and damaged another one Seven people are now reported to have died in a car bomb attack on a restaurant in Mogadishu. Witnesses told...
