(AFP) -  Insecurity in Mali "continues to rage" and is progressing toward the center of the country, according to an interim UN report. Members of Plateforme, an armed pro-government coalition, and the CMA rebel alliance, who were signatories to a 2015 peace deal, are seeing...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters)- Pope Francis is studying how to speed up the handling of allegations of sexual abuse by clergy, the Vatican said Wednesday, after a high-profile case in Chile put a new spotlight on the scandal. The topic was a main point of discussion in three days of meetings...

Representatives for thousands of Ethiopian Jews announced Wednesday they will stage a mass hunger strike if Israel eliminates funding to allow them to join their families in that country. Hundreds gathered at a synagogue in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to express concern that...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Wednesday unveiled a plan to open peace talks with the Taliban, including eventually recognizing them as a political party, days after the militants called for direct negotiations with the US. The apparent openness by both sides to some form of negotiations...