Somali groups in Minnesota are trying to give young people a positive outlet to keep them away from negative influences such as drugs, viole...
NAIROBI, KENYA — The price of ivory in China has dropped sharply as the country plans to end the legal trade in ivory later this year, a le...
Two bodies found in the central part of Democratic Republic of Congo are likely the remains of missing U.N. investigators, according to a go...
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame hailed Rwanda-Israel friendship Sunday in an address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) ...
LONDON — Friday marks the United Nations’ World Tuberculosis Day, aimed at raising awareness of a disease that kills an estimated 1.8 milli...
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has held a series of meetings with foreign counterparts this week in Washington to discuss the best wa...
WASHINGTON — While President Donald Trump’s second executive order restricting travel is still on court-ordered hold, it continues to work ...
Despite international sanctions, North Korea has found partners across Africa willing to buy arms and make defense deals, says the head of a...
The University of Southern California each year hosts the African Economic and Development Summit, bringing delegations of African business ...
Passengers flying on about a dozen Middle Eastern and North African airlines will be banned from bringing laptops and other large electronic...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis begged forgiveness Monday for the “sins and failings of the church and its members” during Rwanda’s 1994 genoci...
PARIS — World donors pledged more than $75 million Monday to protect cultural heritage sites threatened by war and the wave of ideological-...
NEW YORK — Norway displaced Denmark as the world’s happiest country in a new report released on Monday that called on nations to build soci...
Malaysia is sending troops to Somalia as part of the humanitarian mission to avert famine and save the lives of thousands of people, Somali ...
LOS ANGELES — Each year, the University of Southern California hosts the African Global Economic and Development Summit, bringing delegatio...
WASHINGTON — One of the enduring legacies of the Barack Obama presidency will be the relationship built between the United States and young...
LONDON — Banks could revolutionize the fight against human trafficking and modern slavery by reporting suspicious transactions and other fi...
DAKAR, SENEGAL — A campaign to inform would-be migrants in Africa about the dangers of heading to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea aims to ...
BANGKOK — From building floating houses and flood-resilient roads to protecting coasts by restoring fishponds, 12 projects aimed at tacklin...
Women made scarcely any progress increasing their presence in the top echelons of government last year, leaving gender equality in legislatu...