Category: INTERNATIONAL

Feb. 25, 2015 photo provided by the United Nations, UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh arrive at the Niger Battalion Base in Ansongo, in eastern Mali.. (Marco Dormino/United Nations via AP) GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says it has turned up six more cases of alleged sexual abuse against children by European troops in […]

Salah Farah (Twitter Photo) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyans are donating to the family of a Muslim man who was fatally wounded by Islamic extremists while shielding Christians during an attack on a bus. On Twitter the hashtag HeroSalah has been trending as some Kenyans fundraise for the family of Salah Farah, who died Sunday […]

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Women’s rights activists, far-right demonstrators and leftwing counter-protesters took to the streets of Cologne on Saturday to voice their opinions in the debate that has followed a string of New Y German chancellor and chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Party, CDU, Angela Merkel, speaks during a news conference at a party […]

In this Dec. 14, 2013 file photo AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo attends the state funeral of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo faces lengthy jail time after being convicted of arson, kidnapping and other crimes in a case that highlighted the tension […]

Victims of a Boko Haram attack wait for treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 50 people were killed and the death […]

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian soldiers fired on unarmed Islamic Shiite children with no provocation in raids that killed hundreds of the minority group in the West African nation, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. Nigeria shiites muslim took to the street to protest and demanded the release of Shiite leader Ibraheem Zakzaky in Kano, Nigeria, […]

Christian pilgrims from Nigeria pray inside the Grotto of the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Christian faithful from around the world descended Thursday […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the Johannesburg Summit for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, Friday Dec. 4, 2015. Jinping said that every time he visited Africa, he saw new progress and new changes on this continent. (AP Photo) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — […]

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (AP) — Three Syrians traveling with fake Greek passports have been detained in the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Maarten, authorities said Saturday. The public prosecutor’s office said the Syrians were detained Nov. 14 and that the investigation is continuing to determine their identities and how and where they obtained the fake […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops have rescued 338 captives, almost all children and women, from Boko Haram camps in a northeastern forest, the military said Wednesday. In this Saturday May 2, 2015 file photo, women and children rescued by Nigeria soldiers from Islamist extremists at Sambisa forest arrive at a camp for displaced people […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two Iranian poets jailed for their work and sentenced to 99 lashes apiece for shaking hands with members of the opposite sex are the latest targets in a crackdown that analysts say pits hard-liners against those offering new glimpses of life in the Islamic Republic. In this undated photo […]

In this photo taken Saturday Aug. 22, 2015. Omo, a former victim of trafficking, stands outside the door of Bakhita Villa, a shelter for trafficking survivors in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with 170 million people, is a regional hub for human trafficking, and more assistance is needed to help those who escape […]