Military leaders cited 'security conditions' and the need to preserve public order for barring Umaro Sissoco Embalo's return.

International benchmark Brent crude briefly fell below $100 per barrel before stabilising around $102, while US oil prices ...

The powerful weather system is projected to bring severe heatwaves, below-normal rainfall, and heightened drought risks ...

Some 250 people, who have all been exposed to the rare Bundibugyo virus, are taking part in the trial could stop them from ...

Suspected political assassinations in South Africa have claimed at least 43 lives this year to September, with local government elections still one month away, a report said Friday ...

Haiti's gang violence crisis has left at least 5,700 people dead or wounded this year while more than 1,000 women and girls have been raped, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Friday ...

Yemen's Houthis and Saudi-backed forces fought over an area located not far from a waterway that is crucial to global energy ...

Nearly 20,000 newborns are affected every year with the inherited blood disorder which causes severe pain in patients.

The United Nations is issuing an urgent call to action on the world’s dryland forests - areas that sustain the food security and cultural identity of more than two billion people.

Since 15 May, at least 2,071 children aged under 18 have contracted Ebola, with 961 of these children dying from the disease, ...

Leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro are frontrunners in Sunday's race. Both ...