BENGHAZI, LIBYA- Libya has long been a transit country for African migrants, but their movement has intensified since Moamer Kadhafi's fall as militias have turned to the lucrative business of people...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- The UN Security Council on Monday demanded that aid workers be allowed to distribute food and other supplies to refugees trapped by fighting inside Syria's Yarmuk camp....
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA- Ethiopia will on Tuesday begin three days of national mourning for more than 20 Ethiopian Christians killed by Islamic State militants in Libya. Ethiopian Communications...
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- EU president Donald Tusk was considering Sunday an emergency summit on illegal immigration, as European leaders called for action after more than 700 were feared to have drowned in...
TRIPOLI, LIBYA- The United States on Sunday condemned the "brutal mass murder" of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya following a video released by Islamic State militants purportedly showing their...
JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN, Samoon Miakhil- The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Afghanistan Saturday that killed 33 people and wounded more than 100 others, President...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Jo Biddle- With conflicts raging across the Middle East, the US is seeking to reassure its Gulf allies that it has a regional strategy which will be bolstered, not...
KIRKUK, IRAQ, Marwan Ibrahim- Iraq is to test the body of a man killed on Friday by pro-government forces to determine if it is that of Saddam Hussein's long-fugitive deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri....
TUNIS, TUNISIA- Tunisian authorities have prevented more than 12,000 would-be jihadists from leaving the country over the past two years, Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli said on Friday. Speaking to...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES, Carole Landry- The UN Security Council on Thursday heard graphic first-hand accounts from Syrian doctors of deadly chemical weapons attacks in their country, vowing it...