The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has made gains in Iraq, causing ethnic and religious minorities to flee the the mountains, where they face starvation and dehydration.
After spending more than a year residing in Russia on temporary asylum, National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden has been granted permission to stay in the country for three more years.
Senegal is earning the most from interenet biz and four women came together to take a part in that, with a focus on increasing the number of women in the work force. The global average is 30% women in IT, but Senegal only has 14%.
Message comes at a time when U.S.-Russian relations are falling apart As if relations between the U. S. and Russia weren't already strained enough, some Russians couldn't resist sending President Barack Obama a racially charged birthday message, the Washington Times reported.
a vaccine and a treatment drug are in the works to help with the ebola outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved streamlining the testing of a vaccine to help control the strain of the Ebola virus outbreak in western African countries.
Estela Carlotto, the 83-year-old leader of an Argentine human rights group committed to finding babies stolen by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, has found her very own grandson after 36 years.
Human Rights Watch has documented the abuses occurring in Tumaco since 2013, compiling evidence that FARC is guilty of offenses against community members, including committing acts of sexual violence in the region during 2013 and 2014
A U.S. Army major general was fatally shot when a man dressed in an Afghan Army uniform opened fire Tuesday at a military base in Afghanistan. 15 others, including a German brigadier general and both American and Afghan troops, were wounded in the attack.
In addition to some of the biggest corporations committing billions in investments in Africa, native African and popular artist Akon is doing his part to help the continent continue on its path to development.
A cease-fire has begun in Israel and Gaza, and Israel has withdrawn troops from the Gaza Strip. A new 72-hour cease-fire took effect in Israel and Gaza Tuesday morning, halting the nearly monthlong onslaught of violence.
Several people also were caught in mines near the epicenter A magnitude 5. 3 earthquake hit the South African mining town of Orkney on Tuesday, killing one man when the wall of an unused building fell on top of him, according to a BBC report.
