While calls for unity dominated Africa Day celebrations across the continent, critics of the African Union claim no real action has been taken to heal its political wounds.
French judicial authorities say magistrates have filed preliminary charges Thursday against five maritime rescue personnel in an investigation of the flimsy migrant craft that sunk.
Former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang will be extradited to the U.S. after losing a last-ditch appeal in a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal.
Cyprus authorities said they’re making extra efforts to ensure flight safety isn’t compromised from Turkish warplanes flying inside Cypriot-monitored airspace.
Soccer club officials have been arrested in El Salvador after a deadly stampede, prompted by enraged fans that were denied stadium entrance, left 12 fans dead.
Sierra Leon's President Julius Maada Bio said Thursday heavy rains brought down the centuries-old Cotton Tree that has stood as the country's national symbol for decades.
Three people including two police officers were killed Thursday in central Japan. The suspect armed with a rifle and knife locked himself inside a building with other people.
Authorities in Berlin said a man died Thursday who was involved in an accident with an old-fashioned jump-on, jump-off elevator in the German capital of Berlin.
Kami Rita, a 53-year-old Nepalese Sherpa guide who set the record for the most Mount Everest ascents with 28, said he’s not planning to retire anytime soon.
China's special envoy Li Hui prepares to head to Russia Friday to meet with top Kremlin officials following its "peace" mission in Ukraine. Li met with Ukrainian officials last week.
Russia has turned to low-tech bombs in an effort to avoid Ukraine's formidable air defenses that shoot down the majority of Russia's missiles and drones.
An anti-fossil fuel climate protest group felt the anger of London commuters earlier this week. The police let the protesters carry on blocking traffic but arrested a commuter for pushing a protester to the ground.
The double implants, along with intensive training for six months to use the implants, allow 40-year-old Gert-Jan Oskam to stand and walk again, potentially under his own power.
A 22-year-old American reportedly lost her leg after being bitten by a shark while snorkeling during a vacation to the Caribbean’s Turks and Caicos islands.
An Israeli military court has sentenced three soldiers to prison for abusing a Palestinian. The soldiers hid the details of the incident from their commanders to prevent a probe.
European authorities continued their search Wednesday for long-missing British girl Madeleine McCann with police dogs and dive teams by a dam in Portugal's Algarve region.
The wife of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate said her husband has been transferred to a brutal prison in Belarus and hasn;t been heard from in a month. He is serving a 10-year sentence.