The UN secretary-general has called for the situation in Syria to be referred to the International Criminal Court.
World leaders including President Barack Obama and...
An alleged Islamic extremist charged with being involved in the destruction of religious buildings in Timbuktu has been arrested and sent to the International...
European Union leaders have been called to an emergency summit to seek long-term responses to the continent’s refugee crisis.
Topics include increasing assistance to EU...
Extremists detonated three explosive devices in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, in Nigeria’s north-east.
Details on casualties were not readily available, said military spokesman...
Nigeria’s army said it had rescued at least a dozen kidnapped women and children held captive by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
Military spokesman...