Four gunmen have been killed in an overnight attack on an Indian air force base near Pakistani border, officials say.
A Facebook scheme to provide free internet access to people in developing nations has been suspended in Egypt. The company’s Free Basics service lets people in...
An Air France passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya after a fake bomb was found in a toilet, the airline says.
Pope Francis on Tuesday launched an extraordinary Catholic Jubilee year of mercy by opening a “Holy Door” in the walls of St Peter’s, embracing a 700-year-old...
President Barack Obama says the US “will not be terrorised” by Wednesday’s mass shootings in San Bernardino, California.
Shola Adefuwa The U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Mr. Frank Sellin has pledged to support activists from across Nigeria, working to stop gender-based violence.
French President Francois Hollande met British Prime Minister David Cameron in Paris on Monday as part of efforts to rally support for the fight against Islamic...
France is committed to “destroying” the so-called Islamic State group after Friday’s deadly attacks, President Francois Hollande has said.
A US air strike has targeted the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Libya and probably killed him, the Pentagon says.
Three teams carried out the attacks in the French capital which killed 129 people and left more than 350 wounded, the Paris chief prosecutor says.