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Afghan troops recaptured the center of the strategic northern city of Kunduz on Thursday amid fierce clashes with Taliban militants, three days after losing the provincial capital in a humbling defeat for Kabul and its U.S. allies. Fighting raged in...

Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join a major ground offensive on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad's government, sources said on Thursday, a further sign of the rapid internationalization of a civil war in which every...

A small gap in coils of newly laid razor wire is all that remains of the Zakany-Botovo border crossing between Hungary and fellow European Union member Croatia, as Budapest prepares to close off another route for migrants flocking to...

Burundi's president said those in possession of illegal arms have a month to relinquish them and that authorities will hold to account the "few" security officials behind cases of killings and torture. President Pierre Nkurunziza made the comments late on...

U.S. stocks fell in early trading on Thursday as a sharp decline in Apple's (AAPL.O) shares weighed on the three major indexes. Apple was down 2.1 percent at $107.9 at 10:06 a.m. ET, erasing opening gains for U.S. stocks. Global markets...

Volkswagen is looking at ways to cut costs and boost cash flow and could sell more shares if the price of clearing up a scandal over its rigging of diesel emissions tests puts its credit rating at risk. The German...

Hewlett-Packard Co said its board had approved the previously announced split of the company into two separate listed entities - computers and printers, and corporate hardware and services. Hewlett-Packard said on Thursday that it expected its split into Hewlett Packard...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 01, (THEWILL) – Chairman, UBA Plc, Tony O. Elumelu,’s passion for promoting entrepreneurship on the continent as well as providing support for the creative Arts industry received global commendation last week when he was honoured in...

FULL TEXT OF THE 55TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON OCTOBER 1, 2015 October 1st is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in because it is the day, 55 years...

SAN FRANCISCO, October 01, (THEWILL) – THEWILL has obtained names of 13 Ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari. ‎ They are: Babatunde Fashola Lagos Rotimi Ameachi Rivers Kayode Fayemi Ekiti Lt.-Gen. Abduraman Dambazzau Kano Dr. Ibe Kachikwu Delta Chris Ngige Anambra Ogbonaya Onu Abia Chief Lai Muhammed Kwara Sen. Udo Udoma(SAN) Akwa-Ibom Sen. Aisha Alhassan Taraba Sen....