May 30, 2017 Coptic Christian attack: Egypt removes local security chief after ISIS kills 29 Egypt has fired the security chief of a province south of Cairo where Islamic State militants last week killed 29 Christians traveling to a remote desert monastery.
May 28, 2017 France announces hostage release in Congo The French president's office has announced the release of a French hostage kidnapped on March 1 in Congo.
May 27, 2017 Pope: More Christian martyrs today than in ancient times Pope Francis has prayed for the Coptic Christians in killed in Egypt by Islamic extremists, saying that today there are more Christian martyrs for the faith than in ancient times.
May 27, 2017 Coptic Christian attack: ISIS claims its 'soldiers' opened fire on bus killing 29 in Egypt The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack on a bus outside of Cairo that killed at least 29 Coptic Christians including 10 children.
May 27, 2017 Trump condemns attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt President Donald Trump vowed Friday to crush "evil organizations of terror" following an attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt that killed more than two dozen people near Cairo and prompted the country's leader to appeal to Trump to lead the fight against global terrorism.
May 26, 2017 Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, officials scramble to control virus' spread While only two of the 43 cases in the DRC have been positively confirmed in a laboratory to be Ebola, experts at the World Health Organization and the United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention are closely monitoring the situation, and teams are already in the isolated region in an attempt to contain the outbreak.
May 24, 2017 US Navy SEAL killed in Somalia A U.S. Navy SEAL was killed Thursday fighting terror group Al Shabab -- Al Qaeda's third-largest affiliate -- in Somalia, U.S. officials told Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ.
May 24, 2017 US appears to be ramping up efforts to strike terror group al-Shabab in Somalia Recent diplomatic and military moves by the U.S. in the Horn of African indicate the Trump administration preparing to ramp up its attacks against Islamist Al Shabaab operatives in Somalia.
May 24, 2017 Denmark arrests man wanted by Rwanda in 1994 probe Danish authorities say that a Danish national has been arrested upon an extradition request from Rwanda where he's suspected of committing crimes against humanity in 1994.