STANDING OVATION: US Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House John Boehner applaud as US President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address. Reuters US President Barack... Read more
West African leaders will seek authority next week from the African Union to create a multi-national force to fight Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist insurgents, Ghanaian President John Ma... Read more
The young Malian supermarket employee Lassana Bathily who helped hostages during one of last week’s Paris terrorist attacks is to get prompt French nationality. The fast-tracked... Read more
A team of Indonesian navy divers on Monday retrieved one of the two black boxes from an AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board, a government official sa... Read more
Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX), makes a face while listening to votes for House Speaker, which he was a candidate for, on opening day of the 114th Congress, on Jan. 06, 2015 in Washington,... Read more
The United States condemned a spike in attacks in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram, urging all responsible for the “recurring terrorist attacks” to be held accountable. The wave of unrest... Read more
French forces were Saturday frantically hunting for the girlfriend of an Islamist gunman as the country mourned 17 dead in three blood-soaked days that shook the nation to its core. After Pr... Read more
The Secretary General of United Nations (UN), Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, has said the forthcoming Nigerian election is a grave test for Nigeria. President Goodluck Jonathan and Gen. Muhammadu... Read more
Salihu Zaway Uba of Nigeria was Friday appointed as the new force commander for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), by UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. Uba will succeed L... Read more
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has appealed for international military help to fight Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which this week threatened to step up its cross-border raids in... Read more
