Mombasa, Kenya: Riots broke out in several parts of Mombasa following the killing of radical islamist and terror suspect Sheikh Abubakar Shariff alias Makaburi outside the Shanzu Law Courts. Eyewitnesses told The Standard that at approximately 6.30pm ...

Mombasa, Kenya: Riots broke out in several parts of Mombasa following the killing of radical islamist and terror suspect Sheikh Abubakar Shariff alias Makaburi outside the Shanzu Law Courts. Eyewitnesses told The Standard that at approximately 6.30pm ...

Nairobi, Kenya: Surgeons have successfully removed the bullet that as lodged in the head of baby Satrin Osinya, the face of the Likoni church terror attack. The nation heaved a sigh of relief Tuesday after five doctors at the Kenyatta National Hospital ...

The Middle East peace process appears to be disintegrating after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas applied to join 15 international organisations, a step Israel views as incompatible with the continuation of the troubled peace negotiations.

A prominent hardline Muslim cleric in Kenya has been shot dead in Mombasa, amid worsening religious tensions in the strategic port city and gateway to East Africa. PHOTOS. The body of a prominent hardline Muslim cleric, Abubaker Shariff Ahmed, better ...

Published 01 April 2014 10:12 PM. Manchester United will go to Munich for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final with Bayern boosted in confidence after a 1-1 draw on Tuesday. Also in this section. Manchester United v Bayern Munich: How ...

Instant reaction from USA TODAY Sports' Steve DiMeglio on Tiger Woods' withdrawal from the Masters after having back surgery. Loading… Post to Facebook. Tiger out of Masters; what does it mean? on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1fnbCps. Incorrect ...

General Motors CEO Mary Barra pauses as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. The committee is looking for answers from Barra about ...

It's about to get a lot more expensive for Ukrainians to heat their homes and power their factories. That might be a good thing. Skip to next paragraph. David J. Unger. Staff Writer. David J. Unger is a staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor, covering ...

The US secretary of state has insisted it is completely premature to write off the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. John Kerry said a lot of possibilities were in play, even though a dispute threatens to derail his efforts to extend negotiations beyond this month.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - World equity markets added to recent gains on Tuesday as Wall Street hit a record high after strong factory data, while soft manufacturing numbers in China reinforced expectations that the country will undertake stimulus measures.

The latest revelation from climate scientists is that they now believe global climate change as a result of human activities is now inevitable and irreversible. Furthermore, it will affect everybody in the years to come-if it hasn't already. It is nigh time for a new ...

Have you heard yet about 17-year-old Kwasi Enin of Shirley, N.Y., who applied to all of the eight schools in the Ivy League and got into every single one? If not, you are, by now, the only one. The William Floyd High School senior told Newsday that he couldn't ...

CONAKRY (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Tuesday played down the extent of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus suspected to have killed over 80 in Guinea, a day after medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned of an ...

Secretary of State John Kerry Tuesday canceled a visit with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas planned for Wednesday, a sign the administration's effort to salvage peace talks in the region may be faltering. Before the meeting cancelation was ...

Hoaxes, jokes and pranks… oh my! April 1st is the one day of the year when we can expect a little extra tomfoolery. And these days the first place to look for it is on YouTube. April Fools' Day has become something of a viral marketing campaign for many ...

March can be a trying month for college applicants – unless that applicant is Kwasi Enin, a Long Island high school student who has swept the proverbial table of college admissions. Skip to next paragraph. Elizabeth Barber. Staff Writer. Elizabeth Barber is a ...

THE NORTH Atlantic alliance and Russia are in a face-off and the theatre of activity is Crimea. The 28-member Nato's foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss how they can reassure the eastern European countries alarmed by Russia's annexation ...

As if in an act of global solidarity, the rest of the cricketing world is doing its level best to make England feel a little better about themselves. Pakistan's abject collapse to 82 all out saw them knocked out of the World Twenty20 and handed the West Indies a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors CEO Mary Barra, under intense grilling by members of the U.S. Congress, on Tuesday said she found employee statements "disturbing" that cost considerations may have discouraged the prompt replacement of ...