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The US Gov. says the metadata program may stop the next 9/11; critics say it is not valuable enough to justify the privacy intrusion.

A harmful practice is on the decline globally but is still near-universal in some countries, according to a new report.

The International Maritime Bureau says that piracy is declining around the world, except off the coast of West Africa.

The Ugandan military has washed its hands of a formerly domestic rebel group now in Congo, but now faces an influx of refugees.

A U.S. drone attack in northwest Pakistan killed 16 people, allegedly belonging to the Haqqani network, drawing criticism from Islamabad.

Check out the latest map. What's more, the U.S. ranks below most European countries and Canada.

That's the question that the bureau has declined to answer specifically. On Tuesday, the director of the FBI named one case.

Full text of the final communiqué issued by leaders of the G-8 nations on Tuesday.

At least 140 foreigners were killed in South Africa last year, and, this year, about three anti-immigrant incidents are reported weekly.

Michael Adebolajo was caught trying to join Somali fighters, Kenyans say, but was sent back to UK.

In a major policy speech, the president argued drone attacks have disrupted terrorist plots and have saved civilian lives.

Iranian Quds forces have grown more bold and attacked more places in recent years, from Kenya to Thailand to India.

Conspiracy theorists are running amok around the tragedy. Essam el-Erian rehashes a classic: There's a mystery hand behind it.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) officially recognized the Somali government on Friday, ending a 22-year-long break in relations.

Kenya’s president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta is set to be sworn in Tuesday, leaving Western nations in an awkward scenario.

There are still millions of unexploded landmines from historical wars all over the world, the U.N. says.

Bollywood has long enjoyed immense popularity is the West African nation of Nigeria.

Reports of abuse, rape and exploitation have surfaced within the government-run camps meant to protect Somalian refugees.

Islamist rebels who attacked the northern Malian town of Gao were repelled after fierce fighting Saturday.

Swaziland has failed to produce enough food to feed itself for the past four decades.

The global cost of natural disasters has tripled over the past three decades, but global warming is not the main culprit.