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Libya to launch vaccine campaign after shortages

Libya is set to launch a campaign overseen by the World Health Organization to vaccinate more than 2.7 million children after months of shortages, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. The "national immunization campaign", organized with the United Nations children fund UNICEF, is...

UN urges international inquiry on Khashoggi killing

The Oct. 2 killing in Istanbul of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi should face an international probe, just not one by the UN, said the UN human rights chief on Wednesday. “We urged an international probe on the Khashoggi case. But we don't have jurisdiction for a criminal...

Boko Haram attacks kill 8 soldiers in NE Nigeria

At least eight Nigerian soldiers were killed in recent Boko Haram raids on some military positions in the northeastern Nigeria, the local media reported on Wednesday. The Nigerian daily Punch quoted the army spokesman Sani Usman as saying that more than 10 Boko Haram militants were...

'No doubt' prince tied to Khashoggi murder: US senator

There is "no doubt" Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was involved in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Senator Marco Rubio said Wednesday. "Just from what we know about Saudi Arabia, what we know about the crown prince and what we know about this murder...