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BEVERLY HILLS, September 19, (THEWILL) - Less than 48 hours after gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members launched a deadly attack on the Kano State College of Education, the insurgents Friday stormed a local market in Borno State, killing...

Sierra Leone starts a three-day nationwide lockdown Friday in an effort to halt an Ebola outbreak that has left thousands dead in the region. Under the plan, no one will be allowed to leave their homes for three days, allowing...

New guidelines will help Colombian forensic experts and prosecutors investigating violence against women and femicide to win more convictions and reduce the high rate of murders of women, government officials say. Of the 637 women killed in Colombia so far...

French jets struck a suspected Islamic State target in Iraq for the first time on Friday, expanding a U.S.-led military campaign against militants who have seized a third of the country and also control large parts of neighboring Syria. President...

Several thousand Syrian Kurds began crossing into Turkey on Friday fleeing Islamic State fighters who advanced into their villages, prompting warnings of massacres from Kurdish leaders. Islamic State (IS) fighters have seized villages in northern Syria over the past two...

Holly Riggle, a 29-year-old white-collar worker from Ohio, is just the kind of everyday customer Apple Inc (AAPL.O) would love to have for its new iPhone 6, which launches Friday. But Riggle is sticking to her Android smartphone, calling Apple...

China fined GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) a record 3 billion yuan ($489 million) on Friday for paying bribes to doctors to use its drugs, underlining the risks of doing business there while also ending a damaging chapter for the British...

Germany's SAP (SAPG.DE) has agreed to buy U.S. expenses software maker Concur (CNQR.O) for $7.3 billion in cash, strengthening its position in cloud computing but sending its shares down almost 3 percent on concern over the price. SAP has been...

Scotland will remain part of the United Kingdom -- along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland -- following a historic referendum vote. A majority of voters rejected the possibility of Scotland breaking away and becoming an independent nation. Scottish First Minister...

This is a solemnly written letter to all the people of Borno. Let those who can, read it and those who cannot have it read to them. I greet you in the name of the Creator; Will you let Jonathan do...