International

Abuja, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria on Monday said it had retaken Gamboru and four other towns held by Boko Haram following a joint weekend offensive by its military, civilian vigilantes and forces from Chad and Cameroon. "Our troops are in…

Miami, USA -- Four more Florida hospitals last month joined two Miami area hospitals in filing complaints in US federal court over millions of dollars in unpaid medical bills against the Cayman Islands National Insurance Company (CINICO), a…

Kano, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria's military on Sunday repelled a Boko Haram assault on the key city of Maiduguri as violence raged across the country's northeast just two weeks before national elections. The hours-long attack on the…

Cairo, Egypt (AFP) -- An Egyptian policeman was arrested Sunday for having shot dead an Islamist detained in a Cairo hospital with injuries from his arrest, the interior ministry said. The ministry, on its Facebook page, said the victim…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP) -- Africa loses at least $50 billion (44 billion euros) a year to illicit practices like tax fraud, corruption and organised crime, a worrying situation that is hurting the continent's economies, a UN-mandated…

Toronto, Canada (AP) -- Canada will introduce new anti-terror laws that will make it a crime to encourage terrorism against Canadians, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday in response to two recent attacks. The laws will also…

Orlando, Florida (AP) -- An aggravated assault case against George Zimmerman that was opened when his ex-girlfriend said he threw a wine bottle at her has been dropped because she recanted her story and stopped cooperating with…

Washington, United States (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama will appear in public at an event attended by the Dalai Lama next week in Washington, the White House said Friday, in a move sure to anger Beijing. "The president will deliver…

Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) -- Twelve people have been killed Friday in shelling in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk, an official with the pro-separatist City Council said, as the conflict between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian…

(CNN) -- An American was shot and injured Friday in eastern Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi state news agency. The injured person was traveling with another American in a vehicle convoy in Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Eastern Province,…

(CNN) -- The number of new Ebola cases reported in the three worst-hit countries fell to its lowest level since late June, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had a combined total of 99 new cases…

Washington, United States (AFP) -- Republican Mitt Romney, considering another presidential run, slammed potential 2016 rival Hillary Clinton on Wednesday for "cluelessly" conducting foreign policy and said Americans are suffering under…

(CNN) -- Tommy Thompson was an ocean explorer, an entrepreneur, an author and a diver for sunken gold. So when he dropped off the map in 2006, many wondered what had happened. The feds say they know. Thompson, they say, was also a…

(CNN) -- Diego Lagomarsino is among the few who can offer clues about the puzzling death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman. The IT security expert was one of the last to see Nisman alive. Nisman was found dead in his apartment days…

(CNN) -- There has been a spike in online threats made against airlines since Jan. 17, when a bomb threat was made against a flight between Atlanta and Raleigh, according to a U.S. official. Since that threat, authorities have received…