MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The leader of a vigilante fighter group in Nigeria says Boko Haram militants have killed about 45 people in an attack on a village. Muhammed Gava of the Nigeria Vigilante Group said the assault occurred Wednesday
(AFP) Two American naval supply ships collided in the Gulf of Aden, off Yemen, Thursday but there were no injuries, the US Navy said. USNS Amelia Earhart and USNS Walter S. Diehl hit as they were beginning a resupply operation,
(Reuters) – An Islamic State leader has been killed in an air strike in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, residents and a local medical source said on Thursday. Radwan Taleb al-Hamdouni, whom the sources described as the radical militant
A blonde, blue-eyed Dutch teenager from a Catholic family who was rescued by her mother after marrying an Islamic State fighter in Syria is to appear in court Friday on terror charges. Nineteen-year-old Aicha arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday
Five men and women in Uganda have been jailed for mutilating the genitals of girls, a rare conviction in the country which is trying to stamp out the often deadly practice. The five, including those who carried out the mutilation
The lower chamber of Japan’s parliament was dissolved Friday in readiness for a general election, expected next month, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to consolidate his grip on power. Ibuki’s move came after a mandate from Abe, who is
England’s Professional Footballers’ Association said Friday they hoped convicted rapist Ched Evans would be allowed to return to the sport after Sheffield United withdrew an offer to let their former striker train with the third-tier club. United announced nine days
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s first free presidential election is boiling down to two candidates with divergent views of the revolution that transformed this former dictatorship. The clear front-runner in Sunday’s ballot is veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi, who has
Who’s laughing now? Nigel Farage and Mark Reckless for two. David Cameron, not so much. UKIP won the Rochester and Strood by-election amid offstage chatter of more Tories abandoning the party and throwing in their lot with UKIP. A second
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – Britain suffered an embarrassing defeat in its attempt to block the European Union’s new limits on bank bonuses on Thursday, withdrawing its legal challenge after an adviser to the bloc’s top court made clear it was unlikely
LONDON (AP) — In January, freelance video journalist Jason Parkinson returned home from vacation to find a brown paper envelope in his mailbox. He opened it to find nine years of his life laid out in shocking detail. Twelve pages
An eclectic mix of women from around the world will compete in the finale of a pageant exclusively for Muslims in Indonesia Friday, seen as a riposte to Western beauty contests. The women, who include a doctor and a computer
Scientists in Britain are studying a rare tapeworm that lived in a man’s brain for four years, researchers said on Friday. The parasite travelled five centimetres (two inches) from the right side of the brain to the left. The tapeworm
LONDON (AP) — Artillery booms. A trench comes into view. Soldiers huddle into their overcoats for warmth. The scene is the unlikely backdrop for a holiday commercial that has many Britons reaching for hankies — and others demanding it be
(Reuters) – A shortage of truckers on Britain’s roads could leave Christmas shoppers out in the cold as tough new rules for drivers kick in. Hauliers are getting creative – training warehouse staff to drive, hiring truckers from abroad, even
The NFL announces the Jets-Bills game will not be played in Buffalo on Sunday due to a large dump of snow across New York State. Jillian Kitchener reports.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Derek Carr gave the Oakland Raiders something to celebrate for a change. Carr threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to James Jones with 1:42 remaining, and the Raiders snapped a 16-game losing streak with a 24-20
NEW YORK (AP) — The parents of Matthew Shepard, the gay Wyoming college student tortured and murdered in 1998, are traveling to Russia on Friday to spread their message of tolerance and acceptance in a country where anti-gay policies and
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis demanded a more just distribution of the world’s bounty for the poor and hungry Thursday, telling a U.N. conference on nutrition that access to food is a basic human right that shouldn’t be subject to
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said he would aim to give lawmakers from England a veto over laws that do not apply to other parts of Britain, a move that could appeal to voters flirting with a surging
Britain’s first bus powered entirely by human and food waste took to the road in Bristol on Thursday. The 40-seater Bio-Bus, running on gas generated by waste treatment, can travel up to 300 kilometres (180 miles) on a full tank
Merci pour ce moment”, the bestselling book by Francois Hollande’s ex-girlfriend Valerie Trierweiler about her stormy relationship with the French president will be released in English next week, her editors said. The kiss-and-tell that sent shockwaves through French politics will
Swiss-based petrochemical firm Ineos launched plans Thursday to become the biggest player in Britain’s fracking sector with a $1.0-billion investment in the nation’s shale gas industry. The company added that “substantial further investment would follow if the company moved into
A coalition of human rights and technology groups including Amnesty International on Thursday launched new software to allow journalists and activists to check if their computers are being spied on. “Detekt is the first tool to be made available to
(Reuters) – The Obama administration would like to work with the U.S. Congress to impose sanctions on Venezuela in response to a crackdown on anti-government protests, President Barack Obama’s deputy national security adviser told lawmakers on Wednesday. Tony Blinken, who is Obama’s choice to
