Congress OKs $1 Trillion Budget Deal, Sends Bill to Obama
A woman walks past the U.S. Capitol in Washington. WASHINGTON—The Senate has given sweeping approval to a year-end budget package that...
Rwandans Vote on Measure Allowing Kagame More Terms
Election materials are being verified by polling assistants at a polling station on the eve of a referendum as Rwandans will vote to...
Dutch Court: Nigerian Farmers Can Sue Shell Over Oil Spills
Friends of the Earth campaign leader Geert Ritsema, second left, and plaintiff Eric Dooh, left, wait for the start of the ruling in the...
Niger President: Claim Government Foiled "Coup Attempt"
Niger President Issoufou Mahamadou, also widely know in Niger as "Charlie" in reference to his "clownish boot-licking behavior" toward...
Obama Reassures Americans About Security Threat at Home
President Barack Obama speak at the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Va.,Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. WHITE HOUSE—U.S. President...
China Threatens Sanctions Over US Arms Sale to Taiwan
China's Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang, seen in this 2014 photo, said Thursday China will 'take necessary measures, including the...
'Hated' US Drug Company Chief Arrested by FBI
Martin Shkreli, former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving...
Panel: UN's Response to Peacekeeper Abuses in CAR 'Seriously Flawed'
U.N. peacekeeping troops take part in a ceremony in Bangui, Central African Republic, Sept. 15. 2014. A dozen allegations of sexual...
'Unprecedented' Protests in Ethiopia Against Capital Expansion Plan
Map of Oromia region of Ethiopia. ADDIS ABABA—Students from the Oromo ethnic group in Ethiopia have been protesting for three weeks...
Putin Hails Donald Trump's Presidential Candidacy in US
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 17, 2015....
