Africa
EU leaders call for emergency talks after 700 migrants drown off Libya
As many as 700 migrants were feared dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, raising pressure on Europe to ...Islamic State behead 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya
A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading ...700 feared dead as migrant boat capsizes off Libya
As many as 700 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight, in one of ...Clashes between Yemen rebels, president allies kill 21
Clashes between Shiite rebels and pro-president forces in southern Yemen overnight left 21 dead, on the fourth week of a Saudi-led air ...Former president defiant as humanitarian toll mounts in Yemen war
Yemen\'s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday he would not leave the country, dismissing reports in the Gulf Arab media ...UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire in Yemen
Intense bombing by a Saudi-led coalition hit Yemen Friday, three weeks into an air war against Iran-backed rebels as Al-Qaeda seized more ...Al-Qaeda seizes airport in southeast Yemen
Al-Qaeda militants Thursday seized a provincial airport in southeast Yemen while tribal forces took over an oil terminal, as the war-wracked country ...UN peace envoy to Yemen resigns amid crisis
The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, resigned on Wednesday, according his official Facebook page, signaling the failure of U.N. efforts ...Migrant boat travelling to Italy capsizes off Libya killing 400
About 400 migrants died in a shipwreck after leaving Libya in an attempt to reach Italy, Save the Children reported on Tuesday, ...Nigeria marks first anniversary of Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnappings
Nigeria\'s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned he could not make promises on the return of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, ...




