Kenyans accuse police of ignoring gang rape
Kenyans are outraged that three men accused of gang-raping and dumping a girl in a pit latrine were ordered by police to cut grass as punishment. The 16-year old...
US and UN condemn abduction of Libya PM Ali Zeidan
The US, UK and France, along with the UN, have condemned the brief abduction of Libya's PM and pledged their support for its transition to democracy. US Secretary of...
Kenya President Kenyatta’s ICC trial ‘must be scrapped’
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's lawyers have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to abandon his trial even before it starts. In a written request to The Hague-based court, they...
Car bomb strikes Swedish consulate in Libya’s Benghazi
A car bomb has exploded outside the Swedish consulate in Libya's second largest city of Benghazi, with no reported casualties, officials say. The front of the building and nearby...
Will Africa pull out of the ICC?
With Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta under pressure to appear at the International Criminal Court next month to answer charges of crimes against humanity, the African Union (AU) has called a...
Egypt boat capsize: 12 migrants die off Alexandria
At least 12 migrants have drowned and some 116 were rescued after their boat capsized near the Egyptian port of Alexandria, security officials said. The boat sank early on...
Police: 5 shot at Hmong festival in Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Gunfire that erupted and left five people injured at a traditional Hmong New Year's festival followed by the prompt arrest of two men suspected in the...
More states focusing on prescription drug problem
BUFFALO — Michael Israel's death of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2011 was a tragedy. The Buffalo 20-year-old had become despondent about his addiction to the powerful painkillers prescribed for...
Amid shutdown, runners protest at Valley Forge
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dozens of people staged a protest run through Valley Forge National Historical Park on Sunday after a runner and others were ticketed amid the government shutdown. ...
Dying Ohio man on gurney leads daughter down aisle
CLEVELAND (AP) — A terminally ill Ohio man who arrived at his daughter's wedding by ambulance gave her away, from a hospital gurney. Guests cried and clapped as Scott...