East Africa’s biggest port has quietly emerged as the world’s major transit point for ivory, organizations that track illicit wildlife trade say. As the African elephant population falls to historic lows, tusks are exiting Mombasa in record numbers.
Rock stars helped convince the international community to write off more than $100 billion of African government borrowings a decade ago. Now the big debts are back, and it’s getting tougher for countries to pay them off, thanks to a borrowing spree that has collided with the commodities collapse.
A U.S. military airstrike was launched against a senior Islamic State operative in Libya, senior defense officials said, in the first time the U.S. has targeted the militant group outside Iraq or Syria.
Russia said it had found evidence that the passenger jet that crashed in Egypt last month was downed by a bomb, the first time those investigating the crash have cited proof of a terrorist attack.
A minute of silence in Paris, a Palestinian funeral, an annual cattle fair featuring camels, and more
Her debate answers did not hint of Kissinger, or even John Kerry.
The British government has detailed new measures aimed at boosting security amid heightened concerns about the threat of terrorism, including intensifying policing efforts, increasing intelligence staff and beefing up aviation security.
The Paris attacks, claimed by Islamic State, strengthened France’s resolve to fight Islamist radicals.
The American band Eagles of Death Metal was performing on stage when three gunmen wearing suicide vests entered Le Bataclan concert hall and killed at least 89 in the deadliest of Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.
Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for the Paris terror attacks is the latest indication of how members of the group are taking cues to strike soft civilian targets far beyond its bases in Syria and Iraq.
Tom Nolan reviews ‘Recipes for Love and Murder’ by Sally Andrew.
U.K. airlines will cease next week returning people from Sharm El Sheikh who were vacationing in the Egyptian resort when the crash of a Russian jetliner raised security concerns.
European Union leaders agreed in principle Thursday to pay $3.23 billion to Turkey over the next two years in return for more support on stemming the migrant crisis.
Diageo said it is overhauling its North American marketing operations and putting more emphasis on consumer research as it looks to reverse weak sales in its largest market.
The Egyptian-led probe into what caused the crash of a Russian passenger plane is bogged down in secrecy and squabbling, causing concern among safety experts that key evidence is being compromised.
Egyptian officials leading the probe of the Russian passenger jet that crashed in Sinai have started preliminary discussions with U.S. government experts regarding the plane’s engines.
Anheuser-Busch InBev has formally agreed to buy SABMiller for $107.7 billion, a deal that creates a brewing behemoth that will sell roughly one in three beers world-wide.
President Muhammadu Buhari formed a government that includes a finance minister who has encouraged efforts to support the country’s currency as oil prices fell.
Officials need to step back and ask why such a double standard is once again being tolerated in the European Union.