Reuters
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 07:50
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan replaced his entire military leadership without explanation on Thursday as he struggles with an Islamist insurgency and political crisis within his ruling party.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 07:12
An unmanned aircraft used by U.N. peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo slipped off the runway on Wednesday near the eastern town of Goma, the head of the U.N. mission said.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 05:56
"Turnout so far may exceed 55 percent and the approval of the constitution is perhaps more than 95 percent," Major General Abdel Fattah Othman, director of public relations for the ministry, told private satellite channel Al-Hayat
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 08:09
It was shut down the following month, however, due to pipeline leaks that investigators said were caused by stress linked to the presence of hydrogen sulphide gas.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 07:53
An unmanned aircraft used by U.N. peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo crashed on Wednesday near the eastern town of Goma, sources at the airport and interior ministry said.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 07:47
That drew a sharp rebuke from the White House and State Department. Yaalon later said in a statement that he "apologises if the secretary was offended" by the reported remarks, stopping short of denying that he made them.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 07:34
Under a ceasefire reached on Friday, the Salafis were given four days to relocate about 250 km (150 miles) southwest to the Red Sea port of Hudaida.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 07:29
In the deadliest incident, a bomb blew up in a funeral tent where mourners were marking the death two days ago of a Sunni Muslim pro-government militiaman, police said.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 07:28
Kuwait's ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, promised $500 million in fresh assistance, while the United States announced a contribution of $380 million
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 07:24
A series of vandalism acts involving arson and writing graffiti on homes - apparently perpetrated by settlers - in Palestinian villages in recent weeks has raised tensions.