April 21, 2017 Orphaned baby of Islamic State's caliphate trapped in prison He is an orphan of the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate, a Tunisian toddler who is now caught in diplomatic limbo and has been stuck in a Libyan prison for a year.
April 21, 2017 Drift analysis says MH370 likely crashed north of search Analysis of a genuine Boeing 777 wing flap has reaffirmed experts' opinion that a missing Malaysian airliner most likely crashed north of an abandoned search area in the Indian Ocean.
April 20, 2017 US defense chief: Pentagon won't reveal damage from big bomb U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the Pentagon will not disclose how much damage occurred when the military used its most powerful non-nuclear bomb to strike an Islamic State stronghold in Afghanistan.
April 20, 2017 South Sudan fighting forces 100,000 to flee, says UN report The United Nations says a South Sudanese government offensive in the Jonglei region has displaced roughly 100,000 civilians, causing aid workers to relocate from an area that has dire humanitarian problems.
April 20, 2017 US ends hunt for Joseph Kony as top rebels 'off battlefield' The head of U.S. armed forces in Africa says the force is ending its mission against Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army because the senior leadership of the rebel group has been "taken off the battlefield." In a conference call with reporters, Gen. Thomas Waldhauser said Kony's rebel group is fighting for relevancy after a number of its senior leaders have been killed or captured.
April 20, 2017 Egypt army says kills 19 Islamic extremists in north Sinai The Egyptian military says its air force has killed 19 Islamic extremists in the volatile Sinai Peninsula.
April 20, 2017 In Zimbabwe, boys are offered boxing instead of despair Zimbabwean boys as young as 10 hurry every weekend to a boxing ring whose nickname, Wafa Wafa, in the local Shona language suggests that whoever enters will be lucky to come out alive.
April 20, 2017 Drought-hit Somalia moving closer to famine, says aid group The international aid group Save the Children says life-threatening child malnutrition rates are rising to alarming levels in drought-hit Somalia.
April 20, 2017 Watchdog says Yemen rebel land mines killed, maimed hundreds An international rights group has decried the use of land mines by Yemen's Shiite rebels, saying they have maimed hundreds of civilians and prevented many of the displaced from returning to their homes.
April 20, 2017 Rains awaited in Kenya's east to ease land conflict Herders and large-scale farmers in parts of Kenya's Rift Valley are desperately waiting for seasonal rains to ease the prolonged drought and the current conflict over grazing land in which more than 30 people have died.