July 6, 2017 3 girl suicide bombers gunned down in northeast Nigeria Civilian and military officials say civilian self-defense fighters killed three girl suicide bombers targeting a bustling market day in northeastern Nigeria.
July 6, 2017 German police see support for crackdown despite some cries of racial profiling German politicians voiced strong support Monday for a police crackdown on potential troublemakers during New Year's celebrations in the city of Cologne, despite concern that officers may have engaged in racial profiling.
July 6, 2017 US envoy: South Sudan gov't prepares attack in border state A top U.S. diplomat says the United States has "credible information" that South Sudan's government is targeting civilians in Central Equatoria state and preparing for "large-scale" attacks within days and weeks.
July 6, 2017 Wave of ethnic killings engulfs town in South Sudan Infants hacked with machetes. Charred bodies with their arms bound. Women who were gang-raped. Men who were spared death but arbitrarily detained.
July 6, 2017 Number of Europe-bound refugees killed at sea hits record, analysts say Four Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks in the past 2 1/2 days have caused about 340 migrants to die or go missing, making 2016 the deadliest year on record for asylum seekers risking the dangerous voyage to Europe, a migration organization said Thursday.
July 6, 2017 South Africa moves Oscar Pistorius to another prison Disgraced runner Oscar Pistorius has been moved to a different prison because of his disabilities.
July 6, 2017 One dead after gunmen attack bus carrying soccer team in South Sudan Gunmen attacked a bus carrying players and officials of one of South Sudan's top-flight soccer clubs, killing the driver and injuring six others.
July 6, 2017 More than 200 reported dead after 2 boats packed with refugees capsize Survivors say as many as 240 people have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, the U.N. refugee agency reported Thursday -- bringing this year's toll to more than 4,220 migrants dead or missing in risky Mediterranean Sea crossings, the highest count on record.
July 6, 2017 South Sudan says 17 accused in attack targeting Americans Eight people have been accused of rape, eight others accused of looting and one accused of injuring a victim during a July rampage that targeted Americans at a South Sudan hotel popular with foreigners, the government announced Wednesday. Most of the accused are from the military, it said.