Associated Press
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 00:00
They put metal filing cabinets against the windows, but a glimmer of light still shone through, drawing gunfire. One bullet hit our office ceiling, another lodged in a window frame.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 00:00
A study of mercury contamination from rampant informal gold mining in Peru's Amazon says indigenous people who get their protein mostly from fish are the most affected, particularly their children.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:54
Kenyan Vice-President William Ruto left Nairobi to fly to The Hague Monday, a day before the start of his crimes against humanity trial at the International Criminal Court.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:17
Nigeria's military says it has killed 50 Boko Haram fighters in an operation launched in response to an attack on civilians in the northeast.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:13
An Islamic extremist group in Egypt’s northern Sinai Peninsula has claimed responsibility for a failed assassination attempt on the country’s Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:03
Syrian soldiers may have used chemical weapons in a recent lethal attack without receiving permission from President Bashar Assad, the German paper Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 06:29
Iran’s new foreign minister arrived in Iraq on Sunday on his first trip abroad since taking office, underscoring the growing links between the two Shiite-led neighbors.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 06:22
At least 31 people were killed or injured on Saturday when the Egyptian army mounted a large operation against militants in North Sinai, Reuters reported security officials as saying.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 06:17
Their hold points to the power of hard-line Islamists in southern Egypt even after Mr. Morsi’s removal — and their determination to defy the military-backed leadership that had him replaced.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
Marco Quinones Sanchez was found not guilty of carrying out a shooting attack that badly wounded Jesus Blancornelas, founder of Tijuana's Zeta magazine