A security officer directs released hostages after they stormed a kosher market to end a hostage situation, Paris, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Explosions and gunshots were heard as police forces […]
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France Faces 2 Hostage-Taking Attacks; 1 on Kosher Market
In this combination photo provided by the Paris Police Prefecture, Amedy Coulibaly, left, and Hayet Boumddiene, two suspects named by police as accomplices in a kosher market attack on the […]
High Pass Rate in South African Schools Hides Challenges
In this Thursday, July 18, 2013, file photo, students from the Melpark Primary School in Johannesburg listen to the history of former president Nelson Mandela as they celebrate the 95th […]
Malaria Killing Thousands More than Ebola in West Africa
In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 file photo, an MSF Ebola heath worker is sprayed as he leaves the contaminated zone at the Ebola treatment centre in Gueckedou, Guinea. (AP […]
13-Year-Old Girl: My Father Gave Me to Boko Haram
In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. Zahra’u Babangida, a 13 year-old girl arrested with explosives strapped to her body in Kano on Dec. 10, 2014. following a double […]
Bandits in Guinea Steal Suspected Ebola Blood
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — It was a highway robbery but the bandits got more than they bargained for when they stopped a taxi van in Guinea and made off with […]
The Dutch “Black Pete” Caricature as Saint Nick’s Sidekick Stirs Racial Controversy
Saint Nicholas, left, and “Zwarte Piet” of Black Pete greeted children when arriving in the historic city of Gouda, Netherlands, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. Black Petes, the traditional black-faced sidekicks […]
Boko Haram Leader Says 200 Nigerian Kidnapped Girls Married Off
This Friday Oct. 31, 2014 image taken from video by Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorist network, the leader of Nigeria’s Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, center, has denied agreeing to any […]
Women on Front Lines in Syria, Iraq against IS
In this Thursday, July 3, 2014 photo, an elite unit of women Kurdish Peshmerga fighters trains in Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Among the Kurdish fighters […]
Nigeria Declared Ebola-Free
Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh While many West African countries are struggling with the spread of Ebola, Nigeria has been declared free of the disease by the World Health Organization (WHO) […]
Nigeria: Extremists Agree to Cease-Fire –-Fate of Abducted Girls Remains Unclear
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government and Islamic extremists from Boko Haram have agreed to an immediate cease-fire, officials said Friday, in a move that could end five years of […]
Photographer Covering Ebola: The World Must See
In this Tuesday Sept. 30, 2014 file photo, Nowa Paye, 9, is taken to an ambulance after showing signs of Ebola infection in the village of Freeman Reserve, about 30 […]