Iran Signals Readiness To Compromise Before Key Syria Talks-officials
On the eve of an international conference aimed at ending Syria’s four-year-old civil war, Iran signalled it might be willing to back away from its...
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Clinton Stirs Up Crowd in Alexandria, Va., At Afternoon Rally
Hillary Clinton takes the stage at a campaign rally at Market Square in Alexandria, Va., on Oct. 23. The rally comes one day after Clinton testified for...
Sudan Expresses Willingness To Allow Humanitarian Access To The Two Areas
Sudan’s foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour has told a visiting donor delegation that the government is ready to allow international aid groups to access South Kordofan...
Emanuel Kawishe, director of the legal services department of the National Electoral Commission of Tanzania Peter Clottey A prominent official of the National Electoral Commission...
ICC gives S.Africa More Time To Explain Failure To Arrest Bashir
The International Criminal Court has given South Africa more time to explain why it failed to arrest Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, accused by the...
Hillary Clinton Responds To Benghazi Questions By Defending Libya Intervention, Diplomacy
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday vehemently defended the Obama administration’s decision to oust Muammar Qaddafi’s government in Libya and send diplomats there,...
Egypt Pardons Journalists Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned jailed Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, along with 100 prisoners, the presidency and official media...
Concerned By Escalating Violence in Burkina Faso, Ban Urges Respect For All citizens
Protesters burn tires on the streets of Ouagadogou, Burkina Faso, following the government takeover by members of the presidential guard. Photo: Brahima Ouedraogo/IRIN United Nations...
US Embassy in South Africa Warning of Possible Terror Threats
The U.S. Embassy in South Africa is warning of potential terror threats to American interests in the region. In a message posted on the embassy’s...
UN Security Council Condemns Attack Against AU Mission in Somalia
The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned in the strongest terms the attack by the extremist group Al Shabaab against an AMISOM base in Janaale...
Thanks to Libya, North Korea Might Never Negotiate on Nuclear Weapons
While the Iran deal sparked hope that North Korea might be next at the negotiating table, it doesn’t seem likely that will happen anytime soon…...
Boko Haram Killers On Horseback Massacre Nearly 80 In Nigeria
New In this June 5, 2013 file photo shows Nigerian soldiers patrolling in the north of Borno state near Marte as journalists visit...
UN Chief Welcomes Signing of South Sudan’s President On Peace Deal
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed the signature by President Salva Kiir of the agreement on the resolution of the conflict in the Republic...
14 Arrested In Spain And Morocco On Suspicion Of Recruiting For ISIS
Mary Ann Georgantopoulos Younis Al-bayati / AFP / Getty Images Spanish and Moroccan authorities arrested 14 suspected recruiters for ISIS, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced...
We Must Prepare For New Attacks – Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande says his country should be prepared for more attacks such as the thwarted assault on a high-speed train last week. Hollande...
GAZA FAMILIES CALL ON EGYPT TO SAVE ABDUCTED PALESTINIANS
Families of four Gaza Palestinians who were abducted in restive Sinai have called on Egypt to save their kin. Abdul Kareem, whose nephew Yasser Zanoun...
UN Agency Helps Lybia Upgrade Response To Boats in Distress Of Its Coast
Specialized local operators carrying coffin of one victim of marine accident off the coast of Libya. Photo: UNHCR/Fabio Bucciarelli Following a spate of deadly shipwrecks...
August 19 World Humanitarian Day 2015 Theme: Inspiring The World’s Humanity
In a world that is ever more digitally connected, each of us has the power and responsibility to inspire our fellow human beings to act...
KOGI STATE ELECTION 2015 UPDATE : Poverty in Kogi Human-inflicted, Says Audu
Former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, has formally declared intention to contest the November 21 gubernatorial election on the platform of All Progressives...
Nigerian Military Confident It Can Finish Off Boko Haram
Peter Clottey The Nigerian military says it is implementing new measures against Boko Haram following an order by President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday to defeat the...