Shots fired at White House correspondents’ dinner; Trump unharmed
Washington (AP) — A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night (April 25,…
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Marines sent to Italy as unrest grows in North Africa
A group of Marines trained in crisis-rapid response are moving to a base in southern Italy due to concerns over continuing unrest in northern Africa, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
U.S. support to Nigeria beset by complications
The United States is now using drones and manned surveillance aircraft over Nigeria in the search for the hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram.
‘How to #BringBackOurGirls’
Until the abduction of more than 200 girls at the Government Girls Secondary School in rural Chibok, Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency received scant attention in the global media, which gave…
Oscar Pistorius Trial: What’s next?
Oscar Pistorius needs to undergo mental health examinations, the judge in his murder trial ruled Wednesday, putting a halt to the proceedings after nearly two months of testimony. The very…
Analysis: How you can help the kidnapped girls
#BringBackOurGirls has now been tweeted more than a million times across the world, as global outrage over the kidnap of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls grows.
Analysis: Do poor schools give rise to terror groups?
Authors say the roots of the terror group's influence are backward schools that fail to equip students with marketable skills.
U.N. condemns killing of French journalist in C.A.R.
The U.N. Security Council has condemned the killing of a French journalist who was reporting from the violence-racked Central African Republic.
Does Pistorius need psychiatric tests?
The judge in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial is expected to be asked to decide Tuesday if the South African track star needs psychiatric evaluation.
U.S. sends spy planes to help Nigeria
Erin Burnett talks to Fmr. FBI's Ali Soufan about the U.S. role in helping Nigeria find girls taken by Boko Haram.
Report: Kidnapped Jordanian ambassador freed
Almost a month after he was kidnapped, Jordan's Ambassador to Libya was freed by his captors on Tuesday in an apparent exchange for a Libyan militant jailed in Jordan.
Nigerian mother: ‘Our hearts hurt’
CNN's Nima Elbagir speaks with the mothers of two missing Nigerian schoolgirls.
Inside Boko Haram’s heartland
Ahead of the rain-lashed vehicles, tree branches lay across the road. We'd encountered countless military, police and vigilante checkpoints but now we were in Boko Haram's backyard, we worried if…
‘Fear is everywhere’
Journeying by day through Borno state is a tense, nervy experience.
African football wants investigation into DRC disaster
African football's ruling body, the Confederation of African Football, has called for a thorough investigation into how 15 fans died at a league match in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Scared but alive: Video shows girls
A Boko Haram video purportedly shows some of the kidnapped Nigerian girls and the group's leader declaring they have converted to Islam.
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