A Nigerian reporter has died after being discovered bound, gagged and near death in a farmer's field in Adamawa state.In a development first reported by regional news outlets, Maxwell Nashan, a newscaster with government-owned Federal Radio Corporation...

BEIJING - Chinese authorities Thursday moved to lock down three cities with a combined population of more than 18 million in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds of people and spread to other

GENEVA - U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet arrives in Bunia, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday at the start of a five-day official visit to the country. The main focus of the high commissioner's visit is

BEIJING - A new SARS-like virus has killed 17 people in China, infected hundreds and reached as far as the United States, with fears mounting about its spread as hundreds of millions travel for Lunar New Year celebrations, which start

At least three people were killed and more than 20 others, including Turkish nationals, were wounded when a car bomb targeting foreign nationals exploded Saturday in the town of Afgoye, 30 kilometers outside of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.Al-Shabab h...

Somali militant group al-Shabab recently said it does not intentionally target Muslims � but a new report indicates that whatever its intentions, the group has a lot of Muslim blood on its hands. More than 4,000 civilians have been