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Posters on the streets of Guinea's capital Conakry carry the beaming image of President Alpha Conde and a simple message about who will succeed him after next month's election: "After him, it's him again." The West African country has known...

Mullah Omar, founder of the Afghan Taliban, died of natural causes in Afghanistan, his son said in a statement calling for unity and quashing rumors about his father's mysterious death amid a leadership dispute. The dispute within the Taliban threatens...

Some 400 homes were among the hundreds of structures destroyed as fast-moving wildfires raged through communities in Northern California, leaving at least one person dead and sending residents fleeing along roads where some buildings and vehicles were still in...

An Islamic school building collapsed in the town of Bukuru in Nigeria's Plateau state on Sunday afternoon, killing at least four students and injuring 14 others, the state coordinator of emergency services said. "We are still working under the rubble...

Burundi's president has urged the African nation's military to stay united after a failed assassination attempt against the army chief. The military said three soldiers guarding General Prime Niyongabo and two gunmen were killed when assailants attacked the general's convoy...

At least 107 people died and more than 230 people were injured when a crane collapsed in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The huge red crane crashed into a part of the Grand Mosque - the...

Some 40,000 migrants could arrive in Germany over the next two days, officials say - double the number who entered the country last weekend. Most are expected to arrive in the southern city of Munich but there are concerns about...

To some Republican presidential candidates, it's better to be with the popular pope than against him. Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have deep policy differences with Pope Francis, but the senators will break off campaign travel to attend...

An initial report on a British Airways plane which caught fire at a Las Vegas airport suggests engine parts flew out and landed on the runway. The US's National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the casing around a key component...

Footage has emerged of migrants being thrown bags of food at a Hungarian camp near the border with Serbia. An Austrian woman who shot the video said the migrants were being treated like "animals" and called for European states to...