Four suspects have been arrested in Benghazi, Libya, following the alleged rape and kidnapping of two British-Pakistani women who were part of an aid convoy bound for Gaza, the Libyan Ministry of Interior said Thursday.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday to deploy about 3,100 peacekeepers to a restive region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.N. announced.
France will cut its troop levels in the west African nation of Mali from 4,000 service members to about 1,000 by the end of the year, French President Francois Hollande said Thursday evening during a live interview with CNN affiliate France 2.
It's been a very swift turn of events. Until a few days ago Bosco Ntaganda, wanted for war crimes and for crimes against humanity, was at large.
It has been a starting point for some of the world's top soccer players.
Djimon Hounsou says the world needs to restrict the flow of weapons in conflict-ridden regions like South Sudan.
A group of Somali rappers has endured death threats and shootings to stage Mogadishu's biggest concert in 20 years.
Madagascar needs more than $41 million to eliminate a severe locust plague that threatens the country's crop production.
Lawyers for South African track star Oscar Pistorius, charged with murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, are in court Thursday to argue for more lenient bail restrictions, including permission to travel overseas.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital after a recurrence of lung infection, the South African president's office said.
An Internet sensation was touched off this week by Russian photographer Vadim Makhorov after he ignored rules against climbing on the Pyramids at Giza in Egypt.
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