Oscar Pistorius starts five-year term for killing Reeva Steenkamp

Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius started his five-year jail sentence on Tuesday for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, m...

10/21/2014

Violent pirate attacks surge off Nigerian coast

LONDON — Pirate attacks off Nigeria's coast have jumped by a third this year with ships passing through West Africa's Gulf of Guinea...

10/18/2013

Kenya mall attack leader targeted.

Navy SEALs target Kenya mall attack leader in Somalia. MOGADISHU, Somalia — U.S. Navy SEALs carried out a pre-dawn raid Saturday on a c...

10/06/2013

African dictator's daughter grows up in N. Korea

Monique Macias stands by a N. Korea propaganda sign that reads 'friendship' in Pyongyang in 1982. SEOUL — Monique Macias s...

10/02/2013

One day,many dead:The start of Kenya mall siege

NAIROBI, Kenya  — It's 1:30 on Saturday afternoon in the Westgate Mall. Rafia Khan is huddling in a crawl space of the Millionaires Cas...

9/28/2013

Interpol issues arrest warrant for 'white widow’ Samantha Lewthwaite

An international arrest warrant has been issued for UK-born terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite. Interpol said it was issuing a "Red ...

9/26/2013

Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital

The former South African president was admitted to a Pretoria hospital on June 8 with what officials said was a recurring lung infection. ...

9/01/2013