NAIROBI, KENYA—. Human Rights Watch is accusing some soldiers with the African Union Mission to Somalia [AMISOM] of abusing their power to rape and exploit women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu. The organization has documented 21 cases, ...

About 77 million years after being buried in a flash flood, one of the most massive creatures ever to walk the earth has been recovered and described by scientists from Philadelphia's Drexel University. Kenneth Lacovara, who led the team, estimates the ...

Children are bearing the brunt of much of the violence in northeastern Nigeria – including killings, rapes, abductions and attacks on schools. A new report blamed Boko Haram militants, Nigerian security forces and self-defense militias.

DEBALTSEVE, UKRAINE—. Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces had captured a group of Russian paratroopers who had crossed into Ukrainian territory on a “special mission” - but Moscow said they had ended up there by mistake. On Monday, the Ukrainian ...

One of two American aid workers infected with the Ebola virus is leaving an Atlanta hospital. An aid group said Thursday that Kent Brantly had fully recovered. Emery Hospital, where Brantly and Nancy Writebol received treatment that included the ...

KYIV—. Pro-Moscow separatists and Ukrainian government officials are swapping accusations over who was behind a rocket strike on a convoy of civilians as it left the eastern city of Luhansk. The circumstances remain murky and the allegations being made ...

KHARKIV, UKRAINE—. With tensions continuing to rise with Russia, Ukrainian businesses are looking for opportunities elsewhere. In the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, near the Russian border, economic change is underway. On a warm summer's day ...

Protesters and police clashed late Sunday in Ferguson, Missouri, with tensions rising again following the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. Police in body armor, gas masks and marching with armored vehicles fired tear ...

A Russian convoy, carrying what Moscow says is humanitarian aid, has resumed its journey toward war-torn eastern Ukraine. The convoy of nearly 300 trucks left the southwestern Russian town of Voronezh Thursday, where it had stalled as controversy ...

Ukraine says it will not allow the convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Russia to enter the country. Ukrainian officials said Tuesday the aid will be rejected because the mission is not being coordinated by the Red Cross and could be a pretext for ...

The Gaza truce talks in Cairo appear to be on the verge of collapse Sunday with Palestinians negotiators threatening to walk away unless Israeli negotiators return to the table. Israeli officials have said their negotiators, who left Egypt Friday, would only return ...

DAKAR—. Liberia and Sierra Leone are reporting hundreds of confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola. Their public health systems are overrun. And now, both countries have declared states of emergency and sent security forces to quarantine affected areas.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 hit central South Africa on Tuesday, shaking buildings in Johannesburg. The U.S. geological agency says the earthquake was centered six kilometers east of Orkney, a town about 180 kilometers southwest of ...

Emergency workers in Gaza City say an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp there has killed an eight-year-old girl and wounded 30 people. Officials say the strike in the Shati refugee camp happened Monday, just minutes into an Israeli-declared temporary ...

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced a National Action Plan in the country's fight against the Ebola epidemic. This comes as two U.S. Peace Corps volunteers have been isolated in Liberia after suspected exposure to the virus.

Israel's military continues to hit the Gaza Strip with airstrikes and tank fire, while Hamas rockets fly into Israel amid efforts to secure a cease-fire to end the fighting. Palestinian health officials said the Israeli attacks killed at least 20 people early Thursday.

Diplomats say Iran and six world powers have agreed to extend their deadline for four months to strike a nuclear deal with Tehran. The diplomats say the parties gave themselves until November 24 to reach a deal. An interim deal for Iran to curb its uranium ...

UNITED NATIONS —. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will head to the Middle East on Saturday to try to find a way to end the violence between Israel and Hamas militants. “The secretary-general is prepared to do his part. He will leave for the region ...

A U.S. Senate defense subcommittee has voted to double funding for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system. The Pentagon originally requested $175 million for Iron Dome, but if the new bill passes, Israel would receive more than $350 million. That's good ...

Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai is celebrating her 17th birthday in Nigeria on Monday with promises to work for the release of some 219 schoolgirls who have been held by Islamic extremists for three months. Malala survived being shot in the ...