Sudan’s protest movement plans to hold a mass rally as it steps up pressure on the military to hand over power to civilians following last month’s overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir.

Cyprus’ justice minister has resigned over the country’s serial killer case amid reports of lapses in investigating missing persons’ reports.

After nearly a decade of helping federal authorities fight terrorism, the ringleader of a thwarted plot to bomb the New York City subway system finally will be sentenced Thursday.

Newly released court records say Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin casts a wide net when blocking people on social media, citing reasons such as surpassing 'a limit on idiocy' and 'trolling.'

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit with community and faith leaders near Opelousas, Louisiana, where three black churches were destroyed by an arsonist.

Cyclone Kenneth in northern Mozambique ripped the island of Ibo apart. Nearly a week after the storm roared in, a visit by The Associated Press found widespread devastation.

Paris public hospitals’ director says he is filing a police complaint after some protesters tried to force entry into a post-surgery ward as a May Day march passed near the building.

More than 800,000 people were evacuated along India’s eastern coast on Thursday as authorities braced for a cyclone moving through the Bay of Bengal that is forecast to bring 'extremely severe' wind and rain.

A pharmacy student who repeatedly stabbed a passer-by with a machete while shouting 'I will kill you, you will die' was convicted in a Sydney court on Thursday of carrying out a terrorist act.

An Afghan grand council has come up with a series of recommendations for peace talks with the Taliban after four days of meetings in Kabul.