The governor of Nigeria's Yobe state told locals in the village of Dapchi Thursday that 76 of their schoolgirls who were reported to have been rescued from militant Boko Haram kidnappers were in fact still missing. The state government Wednesday said the schoolgirls had been rescued by...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition airstrikes killed at least 20 people in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor in the past 48 hours, targeting the last ISIS-held town near the Iraqi border, local activists and ISIS news agency reported Thursday. Amaq agency said the strikes in support...

The U.N. Security Council should be convinced of the need for a ceasefire in the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta, where at least 370 people have reportedly been killed, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis said Thursday. "After all the images that came out of...

An Egyptian court has sentenced 21 people to death and seven others to up to life in prison on terrorism-related charges. Thursday's verdict, reported by the state-run MENA news agency, can be appealed. Out of the 28 on trial, only 12 are in custody while the others - 16...