Matamoros Drug Violence Spurs Rise In Kidnapping
Battles between rival drug gangs are flaring in the northeastern Mexican city of Matamoros. Kidnapping is increasingly being used by the narco-traffickers as an income generator.
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Female Parliamentarians Urge Washington To Return Attention To Libya
Women elected to Libya's parliament visited Washington, D.C., recently to talk about the political chaos in the country and the erosion of women's rights.
Al-Shabab Militants Attack University In Kenya
Al-Shabab militants attacked a college in Garissa, Kenya, killing nearly 150 people, wounding about 80 and holding others hostage. It was reminiscent of their 2013 attack on a Nairobi shopping mall.
Wisconsin Sen. Johnson Reacts To Tentative Iranian Nuclear Deal
NPR's Melissa Block gets reaction from Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin on the details of the Iran nuclear deal that were announced Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland.
If You Know Where The Missing $6 Million Is, Please Tell Sierra Leone
Funds allocated to fight Ebola have vanished into thin air. That kind of funny money business happens all too often when disaster strikes and donations roll in.
China Protests Emergency Landing Of U.S. Warplanes In Taiwan
Two Navy F-18s landed at an airbase on the island, which Beijing considers part of its sovereign territory.
Like Mars: Dusty Sandstorm Blocks Visibility And Travel In Dubai
More than 100 cars were reportedly involved in accidents. Conditions forced airlines to delay or cancel flights after the sandstorm arrived from Saudi Arabia.
U.N. Report: 25,000 Foreign Fighters Joining Islamist Militant Groups
Thousands have left their homes en route to Iraq and Syria, which the U.N. report calls an "international finishing school" for extremists.
Kenya Says Operation Against Al-Shabab Militants Is Over; 147 Dead
The Islamist militants had taken hostages at a university campus in Garissa. In 2013, militants from the same group carried out a similar operation on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, the capital.
Yemen's Rebels Seize Presidential Palace In Aden, Despite Airstrikes
Houthi fighters capture a central district of Aden, Yemen's economic hub, as al-Qaida militants free inmates from a prison. The ongoing violence is turning many Yemenis against the Saudi air campaign.