December 2, 2018 Egypt actress says revealing dress wasn't meant to offend An Egyptian actress facing trial on public obscenity charges for wearing a revealing dress says she didn't mean to offend anyone and appealed to her detractors to believe in her good intentions.
December 2, 2018 Bush's Somalia mission to save 'innocents' echoes today In the final days of his presidency, George H.W. Bush committed the U.S. military to a mission many would later regret, ordering more than 20,000 troops into Somalia to "save thousands of innocents from death."
December 2, 2018 Africa wildlife films try to inspire amid poaching scourge A documentary film about rhino poaching won awards at film festivals in Europe and the United States this year.
December 1, 2018 Massive lion fends off more than 20 hyenas during attack, wild video shows In a moment that would seem right out of Disney’s “The Lion King,” footage shared by BBC Earth recently captured male lion’s intense struggle to fend off more than 20 hyenas.
December 1, 2018 Burundi issues arrest warrants around 1993 assassination Burundi's attorney general has issued 17 international arrest warrants for former senior military and civilian officials suspected of involvement in the assassination of the country's first democratically elected president.
December 1, 2018 125 women, girls raped, whipped and clubbed in South Sudan One hundred and twenty-five women and girls have been raped, whipped and clubbed in attacks so shocking that some aid workers in South Sudan say they are left speechless.
November 30, 2018 Italy summons Egypt ambassador over Regeni killing Italy's foreign ministry formally summoned on Friday the Egyptian ambassador to Rome to prompt Egyptian authorities to "act rapidly" in investigating the torture and killing of an Italian researcher nearly three years ago.
November 30, 2018 UN experts: South Sudan beset by 'alarming' sexual violence South Sudan is beset by "alarming levels" of sexual and gender-based violence and a desperate humanitarian situation, including severe food shortages, as it attempts to implement the latest peace agreement in a climate of "deep distrust," U.N. experts said.
November 30, 2018 The Latest: Merkel to attend meeting to pass migration pact The Latest on migration into Europe (all times local): 1 p.m.
November 30, 2018 Children suffering in Central African Republic 5 years on Children are bearing the brunt of five years of fighting in Central African Republic as thousands are trapped in armed groups, many suffer sexual violence, tens of thousands go hungry and one in four have fled their homes, the United Nations children's agency said Friday.