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SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, (THEWILL) – An aircraft belonging to the Indonesian military has crashed a few minutes after take off in the city of Medan, the capital of North Sumatra Province, authorities said Tuesday. At least 38 bodies have...

Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria have been forced to join Islamist militant group Boko Haram, the BBC has been told. Witnesses say some are now being used to terrorise other captives, and are even carrying out killings...

South Africa's government will challenge a high court ruling that found the state erred in letting Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir leave the country despite a court order barring him from doing so. Bashir, who was in South Africa for...

Three weeks after their stunning prison break, Richard Matt and David Sweat have been caught -- with one now dead, the other critically wounded. The 22-day manhunt for Sweat ended Sunday when the fugitive was spotted just two miles from...

The African Union said on Sunday it would not act as observer in Burundi's parliamentary elections on Monday because conditions were unsuitable for free, fair, transparent and credible elections. Opposition parties have said they will boycott the vote in protest...

The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand, a source close to the investigation said on Sunday, as police linked the suspect to a militant now in...

Iran is backtracking from an interim nuclear agreement with world powers three months ago, Western officials suggested on Sunday, as U.S. and Iranian officials said talks on a final accord would likely run past a June 30 deadline. Securing an...

Turkish police fired water cannon and rubber pellets to disperse a gay pride parade in central Istanbul on Sunday, after organizers said they had been refused permission to march this year because of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Police...

French authorities are questioning a 35-year-old delivery man of North African origin suspected of a macabre Islamist attack involving the beheading of his boss and an attempt to blow up a U.S.-owned chemicals plant in southeastern France. President Francois Hollande,...

Gunmen killed at least 27 people at a beachfront Tunisian hotel on Friday, the same day a terrorist lashed out brutally in France and a mosque in Kuwait was bombed. Tunisia's interior minister reported the casualties from the attack the...