Nigeria's military says it believes an air strike has fatally wounded Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and other commanders of the homegrown Islamic extremist movement. A brief statement Tuesday...

New and more dangerous smuggling practices and attempts to reach Europe by riskier routes have led to a spike in the number of migrants dying as they attempt to cross the Mediterranean, according to a...

Doctors in northern India say they've surgically removed 40 knives from the stomach of a man who had swallowed them over the past two months. The 42-year-old man is recovering in a hospital in...

A young boy carrying a suicide vest in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, claims he was kidnapped by armed ISIS terrorists who strapped on a suicide vest and ordered him to attack.  TV footage of the...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 22 August....

The spokesman for Libya's internationally backed parliament says it has voted "no confidence" in the country's U.N.-backed government. The development is a major blow to international...

The leaders of Italy, France and Germany are heading to one of the symbolic birthplaces of European unity to chart the path forward following Britain's decision to leave the EU. Economic growth,...

Britain announced plans Monday to house imprisoned Islamist extremists in separate units from other inmates, after a review found that some charismatic convicts were radicalizing the wider Muslim...

An official says at least 22 victims of a child suicide bomber who attacked a Kurdish wedding party were children under the age of 14. The official, who spoke Monday, couldn't be named in line...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 21 August...