Curfew imposed in Baghdad following protests
Sporadic protests have erupted in Baghdad again despite a curfew being imposed, as the death toll from three days of clashes rose to 18. Joe...
Nigeria releases 25 children cleared of suspected ties with Boko Haram: UNICEF
The Nigerian army released 25 children on Thursday after clearing them of suspected ties with armed Islamist groups in the country’s restive northeast region, the...
Turkey says work on Syria “safe zone” not yielding results
Turkey does not think its efforts with the United States to form a “safe zone” in northeast Syria will yield the results it wants and...
Toothpick and two generals helped Venezuela opposition leader survive jail
During four months in a small military jail cell, Venezuela’s Congress vice president scratched the days on a wall with a toothpick, held a hunger-strike,...
Uganda detains supporters of presidential hopeful over banned red berets
Ugandan security personnel on Thursday detained six supporters of pop star and presidential hopeful Bobi Wine for wearing red berets, a banned symbol of his...
Paris police employee stabs four people to death in force HQ, then is shot
An administration worker with Paris police killed four people in a knife attack at the force’s headquarters in central Paris on Thursday before he was...
Uruguay’s cannabis growers go global
In a white, sterilized laboratory on the outskirts of Uruguayan capital Montevideo, biochemists are carefully cultivating plants for a booming multi-billion dollar global market: medical...
‘All I can do is pray’: A family in limbo as U.S. slows refugee admissions
Somali refugee Ramlo Ali Noor will never be reunited with her 16-year-old son in her new home in Columbus, Ohio....
One victim of Paris police attack has died: police union
One of the victims of the knife attack in the headquarters of the Paris police on Thursday has died, a police union official told French...
Attack at Paris police HQ carried out by staff member: sources
The man behind a knife attack on police officers at the Paris police headquarters is believed to be a member of staff at the headquarters,...