International Affairs

Families of 3 missing UK girls urge ‘Please come home!’

LONDON (AP) — The families of three missing British schoolgirls believed to have fled to Syria…
Phased US-Iran nuclear deal taking shape

GENEVA (AP) — The United States and Iran are working on a two-phase deal that clamps…
Somalia extremists urge attacks on US shopping malls

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A video purported to be by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged…
Nigerian troops retake town as Boko Haram attacks villages

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops retook a major border town and killed scores of…
Freed Al Jazeera journalist hopeful about Egypt court case

LONDON (AP) — Freed Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste says it is too early to…
World Health Organization approves 1st quick test for Ebola

BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization has approved a quick test for Ebola that…
Suicide bombings at Somalia hotel kill at least 10 people

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Government officials were meeting at the Central Hotel in Somalia’s capital…
Egypt’s resorts safe, German beauty contestants say

SOMA BAY, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian authorities say they are fighting a war on terror at…
Zimbabwe takes out scenes from ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ film

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabweans going to the movies will have to watch a tame…
Facing militant threat, Corker shoulders matters of war

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years ago, Sen. Bob Corker wondered aloud whether the standstill Senate was…
Somali deputy PM wounded, 2 dead in hotel suicide bombings

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At least two people were killed and Somalia’s deputy prime minister is…
Massive car bombing in eastern Libya kills at least 30

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A massive car bomb struck a town in eastern Libya under control…
A show about ‘nothing:’ famed Iranian artist makes US debut

WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli has built a successful career around the…
Liberia schools reopen after 6-month Ebola closure

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Students in Liberia began returning to the classroom Monday after a…
Boko Haram issues new threat against Niger, Chad

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The Nigeria-based terror group Boko Haram on Monday threatened neighboring countries…