Egyptian activist sentenced to 5 years

Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah was sentenced Monday to five years in prison and fined $13,000 on charges of protesting and assaulting police.

What’s next for Qatar 2022?

It's the albatross which has hung around the neck of world football for the past five years -- so what next for Qatar and the 2022 World Cup?

Oscar-nominated ‘pirate’ has dreams for Somalia

In 2013, Barhkad Abdi shot to fame for his portrayal of a Somali pirate in the blockbuster film "Captain Phillips".

Families plead for missing girls to come home

The families of three teenage girls, believed to be heading for Syria, are pleading for them to return home. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports.

The name ISIS hates to be called

We know them as ISIS or ISIL. But there's another name the group hates -- so much they've threatened to cut out the tongue of anyone who uses it.

Want to high-five Ronaldo? There’s an app!

A South African entrepreneur is trying to bring football to far flung fans across the globe.

5 terror groups making headlines

The terror groups are getting more ruthless, their attacks more harrowing.

What it’s like to be quarantined

Video journalist Edouard Dufrasne documented his experience as he was quarantined under suspicion of having Ebola.

Liberia schools back in session

Liberians are returning to school after a 5 month hiatus due to the deadly Ebola virus that has plagued this African nation. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports.

Obama: Ebola fight moving into next phase

President Obama says that all but 100 U.S. troops sent to battle the Ebola epidemic in West Africa will be home by the end of April.

El-Sisi calls for ‘unified Arab force’

"The need for a unified Arab force is growing and becoming more pressing every day," President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said in a televised address.

‘I was a pregnant war photographer’

Even at five months pregnant, this war photographer was still going to conflict zones.

Why Somali jihadists would strike Kenya

CNN's Nic Robertson reports on why Al-Shabaab, fighting in Somalia, would strike a high-profile target in Kenya.

Nigerian troops retake strategic town

Al-Shabaab threatens malls in West

Terror group Al-Shabaab called for attacks on malls in Canada, the UK and the United States.