Eighteen people have been killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in the Lake Chad region, a Chadian military source said Sunday. "Boko Haram elements attacked a village south of Daboua," not far from Chad's border with Niger, at around 9:00 pm Thursday, the military...

Fresh protests hit southern Iraq Sunday as medical sources put at 11 the number of demonstrators killed in two weeks of unrest sparked by ire over corruption and lack of public services. Security forces remained deployed around the capital Baghdad after struggling Friday to disperse...

Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat Sunday said his country will take in 19 migrants rescued after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean overnight. Seventeen migrants had initially been rescued by Malta's armed forces in the country's search and rescue area, but a pregnant woman and...

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the Horn of Africa nation must adopt multiparty democracy supported by strong institutions that respect human rights and rule of law, his chief of staff said on Sunday. "Given our current politics, there is no option except pursuing a multiparty...