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October 15, 2018

'Dark days' over: Gambia launches truth, reconciliation body

Gambia on Monday launched a truth, reconciliation and reparations commission to lay bare abuses committed under the 22-year rule of former leader Yahya Jammeh, with President Adama Barrow declaring the country's "dark days" are over.

October 15, 2018

Germany preparing to deport convicted Sept 11 suspect

A Moroccan man convicted of helping Mohamed Atta and the other Hamburg-based Sept. 11 suicide pilots as they plotted their attacks on New York and Washington was being deported Monday from Germany to his native country.

October 15, 2018

When embassies become places of terror, not sanctuaries

Embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions worldwide are often considered places of sanctuary, however, not all have been impervious to horrific incidents.

October 14, 2018

Aid groups decry 'routine' killing of Yemen's civilians

The United Nations and humanitarian workers on Sunday condemned an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemen's Shiite rebels that reportedly killed at least 15 civilians near the port city of Hodeida.

October 14, 2018

Israel warns Hamas of 'painful' strikes if protests go on

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened "very painful blows" against Gaza's Hamas rulers if they don't halt protests along the perimeter fence that have led to clashes with Israeli troops.

October 14, 2018

Red Cross urges Nigerian militants to spare 2 health workers

The International Committee of the Red Cross made an urgent appeal on Sunday to an affiliate of the Islamic State organization in Nigeria to spare the lives of two abducted health workers.

October 14, 2018

Somalia marks 1 year since devastating Mogadishu bombing

Somalia is marking the first anniversary of one of the world's deadliest attacks since 9/11, a truck bombing in the heart of Mogadishu that killed well over 500 people.

October 13, 2018

At least 7 dead in suicide bombing in Somalia's Baidoa

A suicide bomber detonated in the middle of a restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa, leaving at least seven people dead, police said Saturday.

October 13, 2018

Saudi writer's disappearance strains Turkey-Saudi ties

At first glance, the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul is just the latest crisis to strain relations between the kingdom and Turkey in the wake of the Arab Spring in 2011.

October 13, 2018

UN report: Banned Somali charcoal exports pass through Iran

Banned charcoal exports from Somalia are thriving, generating millions of dollars a year for al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremists — and often passing through Iran to have their origins obscured, according to U.N. sanctions monitors.