At least 10 people were killed and more than 11 were wounded after al-Shabaab militants targeted Somalia's parliamentary buildings in the capital in an attack that lasted more than three hours. The men used a car laden with explosives to break into the ...

Flyover formations, festivities, high fashion, political friends and foes and a promise for radical change accompanied the inauguration of President Jacob Zuma at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Saturday. Zuma, donning a dark suit and red polka dot tie- ...

The South African President Jacob Zuma has celebrated being sworn into office for a second term, with a major victory ceremony in Pretoria. More than 4,000 guests and several heads of state were in attendance as Zuma took the oath of office. He promised ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday economic growth in the continent's most advanced economy would be the focus of his second term, as he was inaugurated in the nation's capital, Pretoria. The national ...

He promised the economy would be put on an "inclusive growth path" and vowed to promote "broad-based black economic empowerment". 1:32pm UK, Saturday 24 May 2014. South African President Jacob Zuma takes his oath of office during his ...

MOGADISHU: Somalia's Shabaab rebels launched a major attack on the national parliament on Saturday, setting off a car bomb and penetrating the building with suicide commandos, police and witnesses said. A huge car bomb went off outside the gates of ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iranians should grow even more united against foreign pressures and get prepared for a major jump. "We should put aside internal problems and push away problems and obstacles in the foreign ...

AMMAN, Jordan – Pope Francis has thanked Jordan for welcoming hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, calling for an "urgent," peaceful solution to the conflict. His comments come as he began a three-day visit Saturday to the ...

A photo of newly trained al-Shabab fighters taken on February 17, 2011. Al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-linked terror group, is said to be behind the attack on the parliament complex of Somalia in the country's capital, Mogadishu. AP Photo. Militants in the Somalian ...

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels and government forces have agreed to a truce in an opposition-held area near the central city of Homs, activists said Saturday. Pilots in historical airplanes perform during the public day at the ILA Berlin Air Show 2014. A daredevil ...

Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Israel and the West Bank is being met with hopes he'll help resolve problems that thus far have flummoxed kings, presidents and Nobel Prize laureates. “We hope he will help the Christians of the Holy Land,” said Alfred Ra'ad, ...

Malawi's President Joyce Banda on Saturday went on radio to declare this week's chaotic election "null and void," throwing the impoverished nation into crisis. Banda has claimed there were "serious irregularities" with the poll, saying people had voted ...

Two Palestinian teens killed in the West Bank presented no direct threat when they were shot last week, the United Nations said Friday in a preliminary report. More from KWCH.com. Links. Map: Areas reportedly affected by... Read: U.S. assessment of Syrian.

New York, May 24 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights chief has voiced her "very serious concerns" about a recent incident involving the killing of two Palestinian teenagers in the occupied West Bank. Navi Pillay has written to the Israeli Permanent ...

The death toll from an attack by Syrian rebels on a campaign rally for President Bashar al-Assad's re-election bid has risen to 37. 'The death toll from the Daraa attack has risen to 37,' said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human ...

DIDN'T WE DO WELL? Victoria Ayling, who is potential candidate for UKIP in Grimsby at the next General Election, congratulates John Stockton on his victory in Heneage ward, watched by supporters. CHRIS SHAW: 'Protest vote out there.' OPPOSITION: ...

North America might be treated to a spectacular new meteor shower, called the Camelopardalids, tonight and early tomorrow (May 23 and 24). For the first…Read More » time on record, Earth will travel through the debris field of the Comet 209P/LINEAR.

Pretoria - Excitement is already peaking on the southern lawns at Union Buildings where thousands have gathered for Jacob Zuma's inauguration as the fifth democratically elected president of the republic. Dressed in the national colours and some holding ...

VIENNA - Iran has neutralized most of its stockpile of higher-enriched uranium that could be turned quickly into the core of a nuclear weapon, the U.N. nuclear agency said Friday, leaving the country with only about a fifth of what it would need for such a ...

BEIRUT - In the first attack to target a campaign event, a mortar shell slammed into a tent packed with supporters of President Bashar al-Assad, killing 39 people and wounding 205, state TV said Friday. The shelling underscored fears in government ...