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The 2016 Global Peace Index showed that the world has become increasingly violent, with deaths from conflict at a 25-year high and terrorist attacks at an all-time high.

The Muslim holy month has a negative impact on overall economic growth, but it can also be a boon for certain businesses.

The Olympic refugee team highlights long-running conflicts in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

American lawmakers last month had introduced a bill proposing that the reclusive state be relisted as a sponsor of terrorism.

In two years, more than 2,500 people were injured or killed in attacks on healthcare facilities in countries of conflict, the World Health Organization said.

The announcement marks the first official confirmation of any kind by investigating parties in the disappearance of the Paris-to-Cairo Flight 804, which went off radar Thursday.

Phineas Fisher, responsible for breaching Italian spyware vendor Hacking Team last year, is back, and teaching people how to hack the police.

The children were among dozens kidnapped by the armed group about a month ago in a cross-border raid.

The world's youngest nation has a chance to emerge from 28 months of conflict that has ravaged its economy. But some say success seems unlikely.

Somali migrants travel through Sudan into Libya or Egypt, from where they set off in overcrowded, rickety boats that must sail through choppy seas.

The spyware vendor says media coverage of the vigilante who stole 400GB of its data is sensationalist and misses the point.

Rebels in Sudan have sought a referendum on whether Darfur should be an autonomous region, but plan to boycott the vote after recent fighting.

European banks have paid billions of dollars in fines for violating sanctions agreements in the past five years.

Dmitry Tsilikin, 54, was found late Thursday evening after friends and family said he went missing. His phone and computer were taken from his apartment.

While Secretary of State John Kerry's declaration that ISIS committed genocide is significant, it will be hard to hold members of the terrorist group accountable.

The United Nations released a report Friday detailing deteriorating conditions in the world's youngest country where children as young as nine years old are being gang-raped.

The United Nations says in a report that the Islamic State group is capitalizing on the political and security vacuum in Libya to grow its network.

The host of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the 1990s was elected speaker of Parliament in 1996 and was close to President Omar al-Bashir before a bitter power struggle and split in 1999.

France’s prime minister, on a visit to Burkina Faso, promised to aid five African countries that are fighting Islamic militants.

A 21-year-old woman was assaulted and allegedly stripped by a mob in Bangalore, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

The measures would require visas for many individuals who have traveled to Iran, Syria, Iraq or Sudan in recent years.