CARACAS: After days of upheaval, Venezuela is sinking back into political stalemate. In the fourth month of their standoff, President Nicolas Maduro and...
PRETORIA: 2018 has been called the “year for cannabis” in South Africa. But there are still hurdles before a legal marijuana industry can flourish in an...
JOHANNESBURG: A documentary film about rhino poaching won awards at film festivals in Europe and the United States this year. But since bringing “STROOP:...
ISTANBUL: One mystery surrounding the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul is the existence of purported audio...
JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela’s South African journey from anti-apartheid leader to prisoner to president to global statesman – the “Long Walk to Freedom” of...
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s arrests of an American pastor and other Western citizens have thrust its troubled judicial system to the forefront of ties with allies,...
JOHANNESBURG: David Goldblatt, a South African photographer who for decades chronicled the harsh fallout of white minority rule in his country, died Monday at...
JOHANNESBURG: The rise and fall of flamboyant, ferocious Ezekiel Dlamini, a black South African boxer known as “King Kong” who was jailed for murder, inspired...
NAIROBI: Kenya’s election took an ominous turn Wednesday as violent protests erupted in the capital and elsewhere after opposition leader Raila Odinga alleged...
MATOPO HILLS, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe plucked her from the secretarial pool decades ago to become his wife. Now Grace Mugabe is stirring...
The assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey fits into a long tradition of political violence in a country where the fallout from the Syrian war...
The assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey could actually bring the two regional powers closer together, with Russia reaping political benefits by...
The tourist gate and ticket house are ready at the ancient city of Karkemish, where Turkish troops crossed last month into Syria and ousted Daesh (ISIS)...
ISTANBUL: Turkish investigators call it the ultimate long game. In 1986, the Turkish military expelled dozens of cadets suspected of loyalty to a young Muslim...
In a dispute between NATO allies, Turkey demands that the United States extradite Fethullah Gulen, a Pennsylvania-based Turkish preacher, to face charges of...
ISTANBUL: The stunning sweep of Turkey’s crackdown following an attempted coup last week forces questions about how far President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will go...
JOHANNESBURG: Trevor Noah walked onto the stage and bantered with the South African audience, which whooped in appreciation. That was a cue for the next host...
JOHANNESBURG: Heavily armed poachers killed a ranger and two soldiers patrolling in a national park in Congo, a conservation group said Friday.The poachers...
JOHANNESBURG: Zimbabwean leader and African Union chairman Robert Mugabe Tuesday harshly criticized the International Criminal Court after Sudan's president...
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's main opposition group Sunday chose its first black leader at a party congress, seeking to expand its appeal in a country whose...
NAIROBI: Hundreds of Kenyan students marched through downtown Nairobi Tuesday to honor those who died in an attack on a college by Islamic militants and to...
GARISSA, Kenya: A survivor of the killings at Garissa University College was found on Saturday, two days after the attack by Islamic extremists killed 148...
GARISSA, Kenya: The son of a Kenyan government official has been identified as one of the gunmen who attacked a Kenyan college where 148 people were killed,...
GARISSA, Kenya: The Islamic extremists who slaughtered 147 people in a Kenyan school appeared to have planned extensively, even targeting a site where...
JOHANNESBURG: The wife of a South African hostage who, according to American officials, was killed by a militant during an attempted rescue operation in Yemen...