The Islamic militant Boko Haram is boasting it slaughtered 2,000 civilians, and a new report says the group also kidnapped 500 women and children.
For several years, the U.S. has poured millions of dollars into Yemen largely to fight terrorists. Now experts worry al Qaeda will exploit the current political chaos to expand its power base.
Naghmeh Abedini, the wife of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini, met with President Barack Obama Wednesday. She tweeted, "Praise God! It is a miracle!"
A suicide bomber killed four people in Nigeria and wounded dozens Sunday in an attack on a bus station in Potiskum, according to a Nigerian media outlet.
Record crowds greeted Pope Francis as he wrapped up his historic visit to the Philippines. While he delivered a message of compassion, some of his remarks were considered controversial.
Islamic protests against a cartoon of Mohammed spread around the world, with demonstrators turning out from Yemen to Pakistan. Muslims in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan also denounced the cartoon.
Fighting continues in Yemen, where Shia Houthi rebels are trying to overthrow the government.
Christians in Niger are asking for prayer after Muslim rioters burned dozens of churches in violent protests over a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammed in a new issue of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Many countries suffer from high unemployment and the high cost of education. One of the worst is Senegal, where half the population is unemployed and literacy is less than 50 percent.
What happens when a remote tribal group receives God's word in their own language for the very first time?