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The United Nations said on Monday it had received new allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against U.N. peacekeepers from Morocco and Burundi in Central African Republic, including one that involved a 14-year-old girl. There have been dozens of such...

Fresh from Democratic presidential primary wins over the weekend in three U.S. states, Bernie Sanders said on Sunday he had political momentum that could help him win the backing of Democratic power brokers in his race against Hillary Clinton. Sanders...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 26, (THEWILL) – A man believed to be the third fugitive in the Brussels airport bomb attack has been charged in Belgium with terrorism and murder. Security forces engaged in a manhunt for the suspect, identified as...

Newly-elected Benin president Patrice Talon plans to reduce presidential mandates to just one five-year term, he said late on Friday, after the constitutional court confirmed his election victory over prime minister Lionel Zinsou. Talon took 65.4 percent of the vote...

The Bakraoui brothers' evolution from violent criminals to Islamist suicide bombers fits a pattern of time spent in jail for gun crime, followed by dodged parole meetings and missed opportunities to spot their drift into Islamic State's orbit. Brahim El...

Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday signed a law that cuts off state funding for preventive health services to clinics providing abortion and imposes abortion restrictions already being tested before the U.S. Supreme Court. Florida is among many states adopting...

Ivorian musicians have collaborated to release a song saying they are "not afraid" after Islamist militants killed 19 people on a beach. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said it was behind the attack earlier this month. The song "Meme Pas...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25, (THEWILL) – Amnesty International has revealed that a Saudi journalist has been handed a five-year jail term over tweets deemed insulting to the kingdom’s rulers. Alaa Brinji, who has reportedly already served two years behind bars,...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 25, (THEWILL) – Military and local government sources have disclosed that a suspected female suicide bomber who was intercepted in northern Cameroon on Friday before she could blow herself up claimed to be one of the...

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou is heading for a crushing victory in a run-off election that became a near-formality when the opposition coalition declared a boycott, partial results on Tuesday showed. With 226 constituencies counted from a total of 308, Issoufou...