A USAID resiliency program for Niger and Burkina Faso has been delayed by a search for contractors.
IBT Staff
Aug 23, 2013
Mujao and al-Mulathameen will now be known as al-Murabitoun. Should Africa be worried?
IBT Staff
Aug 23, 2013
A newly discovered letter from Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre reveals how the 20th century philosophers had an early friendship before their famous feud.
Zoe Mintz
Aug 08, 2013
The state-controlled MAP news agency noted that Jackson was on a “work visit” to Morocco.
Palash Ghosh
Aug 08, 2013
The heightening of the terror alert for U.S. citizens in the Middle East and Africa has raised concerns over energy security as well.
David Kashi
Aug 05, 2013
A new study tries to understand when our earliest ancestors -- one man and one woman -- lived and how the human race expanded across the planet.
Keerthi Mohan
Aug 02, 2013
In her brief life, Chiwoniso Maraire was highly accomplished.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 25, 2013
Counterintuitively, an increase in American pipeline capacity, as well as unrest in Egypt and Syria, has caused U.S. oil prices to soar.
David Kashi
Jul 19, 2013
Mandela has already lived more than four decades longer than his fellow countrymen.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 18, 2013
OPEC's latest monthly forecast shows growing demand for oil but shrinking demand for its own product.
Nat Rudarakanchana
Jul 10, 2013
This week we celebrate the Aphelion holiday, when the Earth is farthest from the sun, which may explain why the date is associated with so many momentous events.
Alan Huffman
Jul 03, 2013
A lot more has happened on July 4th than the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Marisa Krystian
Jul 02, 2013
Kidnap and ransom insurers are making big profits, but so are kidnappers.
Christopher Harress
Jul 02, 2013
As the West re-evaluates nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster, Middle Eastern countries look to build more plants.
Vanessa O'Brien
Jun 21, 2013
Libya may have more weapons than the British army arsenal. What does that mean for Syria?
Jacey Fortin
Jun 18, 2013
Key politicians, whose job requires an endless and wearying array of public appearances, are bound to make some embarrassing gaffes.
Palash Ghosh
Jun 07, 2013
Martin Helme, a leading member of Estonia's Conservative People’s Party, said in a TV interview about immigration policy that he doesn't want black people coming to his country.
Christopher Zara
May 30, 2013
Iran's top energy official says each new refinery would have the capacity to generate 20,000 barrels per day.
Malik Singleton
May 13, 2013
Now 63 years old, Carlos the Jackal, a native of Venezuela and a fanatic Marxist-Leninist, has been jailed in France since 1994.
Palash Ghosh
May 13, 2013
Palestine is nowhere near as successful as Israel when it comes to tech startups. Brave young entrepreneurs hope to change that.
Gabriele Barbati
Apr 13, 2013
Samsung will initially ship 10 million Galaxy S4 units and as many as 70 percent will be powered by the Snapdragon 600 processor.
Kukil Bora
Mar 26, 2013
Chadian officials say Mokhtar Belmokhtar and Abdelhamid Abou Zeid are dead. But even if it's true, regional turmoil is far from over.
Jacey Fortin
Mar 05, 2013