FDLR rebels surrender arms at Kateku in North Kivu. PHOTO | FILE AFP
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The US on Tuesday publicly urged its partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to make good on...
The Palestinians submitted documents to the United Nations to join the International Criminal Court on Friday, a high-stakes move that will soon enable them to pursue war-crimes charges against...
North Korea experienced sweeping Internet outages for hours before coming back online late Monday. One computer expert said the country's online access was "totally down."
The White House and the...
US President Barack Obama is not impressed with his Russian counterpart in the aftermath of recent events.
In a new NPR interview published Monday morning, Obama dismissed those who hailed...
Even if you were fortunate enough to be tucked up in front of a roaring fire over Christmas, you won't have failed to notice the misery inflicted on those who had to travel.
Newspapers and TV...
(CNN) -- AirAsia Flight 8501 has lost contact with traffic control in Jakarta, Indonesia, the airline's crisis center said Sunday.
"We have no further information. A crisis center has been set up...
Kizito Mihigo is about to be sentenced to a life in prison for conspiring to assassinate Paul Kagame, in retaliation for the murder of a former Rwandan intelligence boss Karegeya in Jo'burg,South...
Ule Unabii wa Taifa la Israel na Promises Land unaanza kutimia Wameaanza kununua maeneo ya kaskazini mwa Iraq hadi mkoa ule wa kinabii wa Ninawi alipozikiwa Nabii Yona yule aliyemezwa na Samaki...
The White Widow, a British soldiers daughter from Aylesbury, Bucks, is the subject of an -international manhunt by nearly 200 countries after being named in a Red Alert by Interpol after the...
In pictures: Zanzibar's clove harvest
The archipelago of Zanzibar in Tanzania, sometimes known as the Spice Islands, was once the world's largest producer of cloves. It is still an important...
KDF soldiers take position at the Kismayu Port after taking control of the port from Al-Shabaab in this photo taken on October 28, 2012.
Whether in Kenya, Nigeria or Libya, terrorism has been...
Vladimir Putin delivered a lump of coal in the Kremlin's stocking this year when he announced Thursday that he has canceled holiday vacations for members of the government.
Russia's President...
The car ferry Norman Atlantic burns in waters off Greece in this still image from video December 28, 2014
Italian and Greek helicopter crews worked into the night to airlift passengers off a...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A senior commander in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has been killed during a battle against the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq, the Guard said Sunday.
Brig...
Even for Fox, this is pretty damned outrageous. The local affiliates tend to be more rational than the national Fox channels, but this is just unthinkable. Via Gawker:
Last night, Baltimore's...
Bank of Russia launches analogue of SWIFT system-Moscow's Response to Economic Warfare
In December, the Bank of Russia offered a new service to credit institutions for the transfer of financial...
'Mobile bomb': Iranian army tests suicide drone in massive drills
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Chinas civilian drone market readies for take-off
Dec 27th 2014,8:58Marc Richardson
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In recent weeks, we have seen civilian drones used to fly gifts to girlfriends in hopes of patching up...