Somalia is in desperate need for donated blood to treat survivors of a truck bombing in the capital Mogadishu Saturday that killed more than 300 people and injured at least 400 others, a minister said. The bombing was one of the worst such attacks in Somalia. Officials said it bore the...

African countries need to redouble their efforts in the fight against terrorism that continues to grow in certain parts of the continent, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union said Monday. Ambassador Catherin Mwangi, representative of the PSC, told lawmakers meeting...

The European Union mposed fresh sanctions on North Korea on Monday as part of international efforts to punish the pariah regime for its nuclear and ballistic weapons programs. Foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg signed off a new package of measures including a ban on investments in...

An overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized Monday in the Bay of Bengal near a Bangladeshi fishing village, killing 12 people, including six children, police said. Survivors of the capsizing told local officials that up to 65 people were on board and almost...