A massacre of Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has shone a spotlight on extremist groups operating across central Africa. This type of massacre is not new. Extremist groups, some of ...

The East African country said it had reached a deal to accept an unspecified number of deportees, who would not include people with criminal records or unaccompanied minors.

Uganda has entered an agreement with the United States to take in nationals from third countries who may not get asylum in the U.S. but are reluctant to return to their countries of origin, the ...

Investigators on Tuesday were trying to determine what caused an explosion aboard a cargo ship laden with coal as it departed ...

U.N. counterterrorism experts warn that Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe.

On Wednesday, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of Florida and beginning to push storm surge and deadly ...

Even though Hurricane Erin's top winds are not as intense as they once were, the storm has grown in size, so its impacts will spread over a wider area.

The world’s biggest market is less central in global trade today than it once was. At the start of the century, America ...

Cape Verde storms, named for the group of islands about 450 miles off the west coast of Africa, typically form from clusters ...

Kenya's economic growth this year is expected to exceed official forecasts despite higher U.S. tariffs and other challenges, ...

New Orleans East residents are committed to revitalizing their community two decades after Hurricane Katrina. Leaders are ...