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Religious leaders said Christmas celebrations could threaten Somalia's Muslim majority community and inspire attacks from al-Shabab insurgents.

A former police officer has been detained following a scare involving a fake bomb on an Air France flight.

A group of Muslims traveling on a bus ambushed in northern Kenya shielded Christian fellow passengers during the attackers.

Bomb experts retrieved a suspicious package from Air France's flight AF 463. The airline later labeled the incident a "false alarm."

The WTO has been attempting to agree on a worldwide package of reforms since those at a meeting in Doha hatched an ambitious plan for knocking down trade barriers in 2001.

Introducing Donald Trump, Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio dredged up the billionaire's past questions about Obama's birthplace.

A female United Nations official was killed Monday in a shooting in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a U.N. representative confirmed.

The pontiff will visit poor regions afflicted by the drug war along with meeting the president and church hierarchy.

Pope Francis has shaken up the Catholic Church since he took office, and now he has turned his attention to long-standing allegations of financial corruption.

While returning from his Africa trip, Pope Francis said the continent faced more urgent concerns than condom use, such as malnutrition and environmental damage.

The 435-mile-long wall along its porous border with Somalia has generated a heated debate.

Pope Francis began the last leg of his Africa tour Sunday, which many hope will bring a semblance of peace to the impoverished, strife-torn nation.

The shrine is the site where more than 20 Christians were burned alive.

Adolescents are the only age group for which the mortality figures are not decreasing, according to a new report from Unicef.

Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions is trying to pull back funding for America's refugee program.

In his first visit to Africa, Pope Francis asked Christian and Muslim leaders to engage in dialogue to guard against “barbarous” extremist attacks.

More than one million people are expected to attend Pope Francis' holy mass on Thursday, which starts at 10 a.m. local time or 2 a.m. EST. Click here to watch the event via live stream.

Pope Francis aims to heal the Christian-Muslim divide and stem violence in Central African Republic. But there’s speculation over what the pontiff can achieve within his short visit to the war-torn country.

Following his first trip to Asia last year, Pope Francis expressed his desire to visit Africa for the first time as sectarian violence escalated between Christians and Muslims in war-torn Central African Republic.

The pontiff will begin his first visit to Africa this week, stopping in Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. But hosting the Holy See won't be cheap.

Despite security concerns, Pope Francis will not wear a bulletproof vest nor travel in an armored popemobile during his six-day, three-nation tour of Africa.