Associated Press
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:10
Iraq is to ask the United States for weapons, training and manpower to help fight the resurgence of al-Qaeda, two years after US troops left the country as security talks broke down.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:00
Morocco is recalling its ambassador to Algiers for consultations over remarks made by the Algerian president over the disputed Western Sahara region.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:42
Four Frenchmen held captive for three years by an Al-Qaeda offshoot in north Africa were reunited with their families on Wednesday as sources said at least 20 million euros ($28 million) had been paid in ransom.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:27
Extremists from three neighbouring countries are fighting in Nigeria's northeastern Islamic uprising, according to an alleged captured extremist whose account reinforces fears that one of Africa's most powerful Islamic militant groups is growing closer to al-Qaida affiliates and that radical movements are spilling across national boundaries.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:24
A 5-hour battle between Islamic extremists and army troops in the capital of Yobe state killed at least 127 people, all but two combatants, according to reports from army and police officers that raise doubts about military claims that they have the upper hand in Nigeria's fight to halt an Islamic uprising in the northeast.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 00:00
Rights groups including Amnesty International have said the case against Patishtan was plagued with irregularities.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 08:30
A man blew himself up Wednesday in front of a popular seaside hotel as authorities foiled a possibly related assault at the mausoleum of modern Tunisia’s secular founder, the Interior Ministry said.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 00:00
The symbolic vote Tuesday was 188-2, with three abstentions. The United States and Israel voted against it. General Assembly resolutions are unenforceable.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 00:00
Argentina's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government has a responsibility to prevent media companies from growing so large that they dominate public discourse, upholding a law that could demolish the nation's largest media group.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 00:00
He told local TV that he decided this because there's a "political impasse" in Haiti with elections to renew the Senate long overdue.