June 10, 2015

Hundreds of US police officers Wednesday expanded across state lines an exhaustive search for two “extremely dangerous” killers who escaped from one of New York’s toughest jails five days ago. The public

The number of Ebola cases has risen in Guinea and Sierra Leone for the second consecutive week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In Guinea, 16 new cases were found in the

A Texas cop filmed pulling a gun at a pool party attended mainly by black teens acted out of stress rather than racism, his lawyer said Wednesday. Corporal Eric Casebolt’s lawyer said

Chilean police fired tear gas and water cannon Wednesday to break up a large student protest that turned violent on the eve of the Copa America, the South American football championship. The

Burundi’s President on Wednesday endorsed a new election timetable, hours after the UN warned increasing violence committed by a pro-government militia could push the country into a civil war. Human rights activist

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says it has begun processes to review salaries and allowances for political, public and judicial office holders. This is contained in a statement on

The Niger State Government has asked former Gov Babangida Aliyu to refund N2.9 billion. A statement by Dr Ibrahim Dooba, Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor, indicated that the money was

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday approved the deployment of up to 450 more US military personnel to Iraq, in a bid to reverse gains by the Islamic State group. The White

Fourteen nationals from Britain, Russia, Ukraine and Japan were charged Wednesday with illegally trading and storing petroleum products in oil-rich but cash-poor Nigeria. The accused included three Russians — Arthur Pakhladzhian, Vasaliy