Islamist insurgents battled for hours on Sunday with African Union troops after exploding a car bomb outside their base, Somali police, military and the militants said. Al-Shabab militants attacked the African Union (AU) peacekeepers' base in the town Bulamarer, 130 kilometers to the...

Rex Tillerson has all but vanished from the State Department's website as his unceremonious firing by tweet took effect over the weekend. The "Secretary of State Tillerson" link on the department's homepage disappeared overnight Saturday and was replaced with a generic "Secretary of...

Pope Francis celebrated Easter mass under tight security and a sunny sky Sunday in front of tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in a flower-bedecked St Peter's Square. Under a longstanding tradition, the Netherlands donated some 50,000 tulips, daffodils, roses and orchids for the...

Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai on Saturday visited her hometown in northwestern Pakistan for the first time after being shot by Taliban militants. Accompanied by her parents, two brothers, and Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, the 20-year-old arrived in Swat Valley on a special...