Africa
Global refugee figures highest since Second World War, UN says
The number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people has surged to more than 50 million people, the first time since ...Liberia reports seven new deaths linked to Ebola
A health official says seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the Liberian capital, in ...US captures suspected Benghazi attack mastermind in secret raid
A Libyan militant suspected in the deadly attack on Americans in Benghazi has been captured and is in American custody, the Pentagon ...Suspected Somali militants kill 48 in Kenya attack
At least 48 people were killed when suspected Shebaab militants from Somalia stormed into a Kenyan coastal town and launched a major ...Israeli military arrests 80 Palestinians in search for missing teens
Israel\'s military says it has arrested 80 Palestinians in the West Bank, including members of the militant group Hamas, in an effort ...Drone strikes kill five suspected militants in Yemen
A drone strike killed five suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen late on Friday, a local official and a tribal source told ...Pakistan court lifts Musharraf travel ban
A court in Pakistan on Thursday lifted a government\'s travel ban on former military President Pervez, however, operation of the order will ...Rwandan, DR Congo soldiers exchange heavy weapons fire
Heavy weapons fire broke out between Rwandan and Congolese troops near their border on Wednesday after the Congolese government said Rwandan forces ...South Sudan rivals agree to end war, form interim government
South Sudan\'s president and rebel leader have agreed to forge a transitional government within a 60-day deadline in an effort to end ...Earth and Moon may be 60 million years older than previously thought
Work presented at the European Association of Geochemistry’s Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Sacramento, California shows that the timing of the giant impact ...