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Malawi president declares national disaster after drought
Malawian President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday declared a state of national disaster due to food shortages caused by drought, in the latest ...Syria peace talks resume as violence surges
A new round of peace talks to end Syria\'s five-year civil war is set to begin in Geneva on Wednesday, as a ...Taliban announces start of spring offensive in Afghanistan
The Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive on Tuesday, pledging to launch large-scale offensives against government strongholds backed by suicide ...24 killed in Nepal road accident
At least 24 people were killed and another 32 hurt when a bus slipped off a mountain gravel road and rolled down ...Fear spreads as Boko Haram child suicide bombings surge in West Africa
The number of children used by Nigeria\'s Boko Haram to stage suicide bombings has risen more than 10-fold in one of the ...John Kerry makes historic Hiroshima visit
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called his visit to a memorial to victims of 1945 U.S. nuclear attack on ...European Union requires visas for US and Canadian citizens
Well, it might not be as easy as you think because the European Union (EU) is currently considering requiring U.S. citizens and ...Darfur votes on status in referendum boycotted by rebels
Sudan\'s war-scarred Darfur region voted Monday in the first day of a referendum on its future status despite international criticism, a rebel ...Philippine clash leaves 18 soldiers, 5 militants dead
Philippine soldiers battled a group of about 120 Muslim rebels linked to Islamic State in a ten-hour assault on a southern island ...Massive fire kills more than 100 in south India temple fire
A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India on Sunday, killing more than 100 people and injuring scores more after ...




