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Eastern Europe – The World’s Last Underachiever
Twenty-five years ago, the Russian historical empire melted down. Although often under-reported, this ...Al-Qaida in Syria seizes large parts of northern city
Syrian opposition activists say al-Qaida\'s affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front, has seized large parts of the northwestern city of Idlib from ...Nigerians vote for president amid fears of Boko Haram, political violence
Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday in what looks set to be the first genuine electoral contest since the end of ...Yemeni leader Hadi leaves country as Saudi Arabia keeps up air strikes
Yemen\'s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi left his refuge in Aden for Saudi Arabia on Thursday as Houthi rebels battled with his forces ...Co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing Germanwings jet
A young German co-pilot barricaded himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and apparently set it on course to crash ...Sierra Leone in new anti-Ebola lockdown
Sierra Leone imposed a three-day nationwide lockdown Friday for the second time in six months in a bid to prevent a resurgence ...Somalia Shebab militants launch major assault on Mogadishu hotel
Somalia\'s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants carried out a car bomb attack followed by a major armed raid on a Mogadishu hotel Friday, causing ...Power restored in Dutch capital Amsterdam after cut causes airline chaos
A massive power cut caused chaos in and around the Dutch capital Amsterdam on Friday, including halting all flights at Schiphol International ...Co-pilot hid sick note for day of Alps plane crash
German authorities found torn-up sick notes showing that the pilot who crashed a plane into the French Alps was suffering from an ...Yemenisation Or Confederalisation Of Saudi Arabia?
As political crisis turns into civil war, Yemen’s embattled president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, ...




