Employees of one small Missouri town had an extreme reaction when residents elected their first Black female mayor: 80% of the police department quit, along with the city clerk and two other... Read more
The Mediterranean boat people crisis may have touched its blackest moment yet with reports more than 700 people are feared to have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya. A... Read more
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former top adviser to Saddam Hussein and the highest-ranking member of the Iraqi leader’s regime to evade capture, has been killed in an Iraqi security operat... Read more
Nigerians in South Africa seek Asylum at Home Affairs office Nigerians in South Africa are now seeking safety at the Home Affairs Office to avoid being attacked by youths in the former apart... Read more
South African president Jacob Zuma has appealed for calm as a wave of anti-immigrant violence spread to Johannesburg, raising fears the country’s dire economic woes could spark widespr... Read more
African migrants on the risky venture of crossing the Mediterranean to Europe burst into altercations over religious faith, and the result is tragedy written large. Italian police was quote... Read more
North Korea’s first lady has appeared in public for the first time this year as part of celebrations marking the birthday of the country’s founding leader Kim Il-Sung, state medi... Read more
With a nod to Middle America and a dose of self-effacement, Hillary Clinton jumped into the 2016 presidential race as expected Sunday with a low-key announcement designed to show her empathe... Read more
Three months after appointing an openly gay diplomat as France’s ambassador to the Vatican, Paris is still waiting for the green light from Rome. With Pope Francis entering his third... Read more
US President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro stood near each other at a historic Summit of the Americas on Friday, marking a major milestone in their efforts to end decades of anim... Read more
