Africa
Ukraine beats United States in soccer exhibition
In a friendly international match, Ukraine has defeated the U.S. Soccer team, 2-0.Al-Shabaab executes three men for spying
Somali militant group al-Shabab says it has executed three men who it accused of spying for U.S. or Somali government intelligence agencies.UN proposes 12,000-strong force for Central African Republic
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is proposing a nearly 12,000-strong peacekeeping force for the Central African Republic, where sectarian violence is spinning ...World Bank holds up Uganda loan over anti-gay law
The World Bank on Thursday said it postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda\'s health system over a law that toughened punishment ...Suspected Islamist militants kill dozens of students in Nigeria
Suspected Islamic extremists killed more than 30 students Tuesday in northern Nigeria in an attack the president calls "heinous, brutal and mindless."Somali presidential HQ attacked by al-Shabab
Armed men have attacked the presidential palace in Somalia - but it appears that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was not harmed.UN chief wants more troops to end C. Africa bloodshed
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is asking the Security Council to quickly send at least 3,000 more troops to the Central African ...Scores feared dead as Boko Haram strikes northern Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed more than 100 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria. The attackers stormed the ...Venezuela political tensions rise amid protests, clashes
Violence has broken out between police and anti-government protesters as both supporters and opponents of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela\'s president, staged duelling rallies ...France sends additional troops to Central African Republic
France has announced plans to increase its 1,600-strong military deployment in the Central African Republic by sending an additional 400 soldiers, as ...