The battle for the Yemeni port of Aden has turned it into a "ghost city", the head of the ICRC has told the BBC. Robert Ghosen said medical aid was urgently needed in the city, where Shia H ...

At least 70 hostages have been killed in an attack by al-Shabab Islamist militants on a university in north-eastern Kenya, officials say. At least 79 were injured while more than 500 studen ...

As Nigeria eagerly awaits the results of this weekend's elections, people across the country are feeling apprehensive. Post election violence killed over 1000 people in 2011 and a repeat is ...

The Saudi envoy to Washington says Saudi Arabia and allies have launched air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reute ...

The delayed global response to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa "increased the spread" of the virus, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has claimed. In a report, published one yea ...

The family of a young Afghan woman who was killed by a mob have told the BBC the authorities did not do enough to protect her. Farkhunda was accused of trying to burn the Koran - her father ...

The -- has seen evidence which suggests that Rio de Janeiro's polluted waters will not be clean enough for the 2016 Olympic Games

Benjamin Netanyahu is on course for a fourth term as Israel's prime minister after winning the general election. Mr Netanyahu will now seek to build a strong coalition government with small ...

US President Barack Obama has marked the 50th anniversary of the Selma civil rights march in Alabama by paying tribute to the "heroes" who took part. He delivered a speech commemorating "Bl ...