A video purporting to show UK hostage Alan Henning being beheaded has been released by Islamic State militants.   The Salford taxi driver was delivering aid to Syria in December when he... Read more

Five people are being infected with Ebola every hour in Sierra Leone and the rate is expected to double by the end of October, the Save the Children charity has warned.   Justin Forsyth... Read more

A cameraman working in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and is to be flown home to the US for treatment.   The 33-year-old freelancer has been working in the country for three year... Read more

AS today marked the first anniversary of the crash of the Embraer 120 plane belonging to Associated AIrlines, key players in the sector have described as unfortunate the failure of the airli... Read more

At least 10 children are among 22 people killed in a twin bombings outside a primary school in the government-controlled city of Homs in central Syria.   A Syrian pro-government channel... Read more

The Boko Haram sect negotiators have demanded $400m from the Cameroonian government before it will release the wife of the Vice Prime Minister kidnapped about 64days ago.   Five years a... Read more

MONROVIA, Liberia — A man who flew to Dallas and was later found to have the Ebola virus was identified by senior Liberian government officials on Wednesday as Thomas Eric Duncan, a resident... Read more

Fifteen people were feared dead Thursday after a blast flattened a Bulgarian explosives plant that decommissioned landmines, with the government saying there was “minimal” chance of finding... Read more

U.S. President Barack Obama and new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi worked to deepen improving ties between their countries on Tuesday, but emerged from their second meeting in two days... Read more

Thomas Eric Duncan is the man being treated at a Dallas, Texas, hospital for Ebola, his half-brother, Wilfred Smallwood, told CNN’s Danielle Garcia. Duncan is the first person to be diagnose... Read more