BBC (UK)
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:07
Police in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa say they have arrested two people who were driving a car with two improvised bombs hidden inside it.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:34
At least 100 villagers have been killed in Nigeria's central Kaduna state in attacks linked to disputes between ethnic groups, officials say.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:56
However, there has been little sign of progress and US officials say they are now trying to forge a framework that "narrows the gaps" on core issues and allows negotiations to continue beyond the end of April.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:55
A car bomb at a barracks has left at least five soldiers dead in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, medical sources say.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:33
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said a 15-year-old boy who died on Tuesday from injuries sustained in last year's anti-government protests had links to terrorism.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:31
Despite the move, they have denied accusations that they want to join them up and pursue a path of autonomy verging on virtual independence, as the Kurds next door in Iraq have done.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:30
Six Egyptian soldiers have been killed by gunmen at a checkpoint in the northern Cairo suburb of Shubra al-Khayma, state media reports.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:08
The head of Syria's main opposition alliance has said its international allies must honour what he said were pledges to supply heavy weapons.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 00:00
"Due to ongoing civil unrest in Venezuela, Air Canada can no longer ensure the safety of its operation and has suspended flights to Caracas until further notice," says the Canadian airline.
Monday, March 17, 2014 - 00:00
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has urged the United States to discuss "peace and sovereignty" in a high level commission mediated by the Union of South American Nations (Unasur)