South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole and is now at home, South Africa’s Department of Corrections said Friday. The department gave no more details …
Fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group has forced up to 300,000 people to flee their homes in a province that had been a safe haven for families …
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Sierra Leone said calm has been restored and a nationwide curfew imposed after pushing back “renegades” who attempted early Sunday to break into a military armoury in the capital city …
Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole Friday, 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a bathroom door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted …
Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the disease in …
Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government’s contentious plan to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is illegal, striking a major blow to a key policy …
Participants in a massive pro-Israel rally near the White House on Tuesday described a distressing sentiment they’ve been grappling with for weeks. In summary: A sense of betrayal. Jewish Americans …
For many years now, Israelis have been told that the biggest threat to the survival of the Jewish state is Iran’s quest to obtain nuclear weapons. But another long-term trend …
People fleeing Sudan’s West Darfur region to neighbouring Chad have reported a new surge in ethnically driven killings, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took over the main army …