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From China to Japan, to the Empire State Building in New York City, people from across the world celebrated the day of love with their loved ones.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was seen in a video posted to jihadi forums today welcoming the militant Somali group al-Shabaab into the international terrorist organization.

President Barack Obama's Kenyan step-grandmother is recovering from shock and bruises after she was involved in a car accident on her way to her village, a relative and hospital official told reporters Monday.

Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, marking her 60th year on the throne.

The famine is Somalia is officially over, the United Nations said on Friday.

Kenyan finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta has found that being charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court is not good for one's political career.

In the wake of the forceful evacuation of Samburu tribe, the German Travel Association has warned the Kenyan government that it will not help promoting Kenya as an attractive destination.

Ethiopia's government has seized land from 70,000 indigenous farmers, giving it to commercial developers while leaving the farmers without adequate food or resources, according to a new Human Rights Watch report.

Africa-focused gold producer Goldplat has poured the first bar of gold from its Kilimapesa mine in Kenya, marking the beginning of production in the east African country's first gold project, the company said on Tuesday.

Khat is increasingly popular in Europe, with the Netherlands as a key transport hub.

The UK Foreign Office said it thinks that terrorists are in the “final stages” of planning attacks in Nairobi and perhaps elsewhere in Kenya.

Bashir is regarded as a war criminal in the West and is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges he committed genocide in connection with the mass murder of people in the Darfur.

Heavily armed robbers tried to steal a stack of gold bars from a plane at an airstrip near a mine in Tanzania owned by AngloGold Ashanti but were thwarted by the country's police.

At least seven people died Sunday evening when a boat carrying dozens of passengers capsized after hitting another vessel off the Kenyan island of Lamu, the Kenya Red Cross said.

Gunmen sprayed bullets at New Year's revelers in two bars in northeastern Kenya Sunday, killing five people, a witness and police said, the latest in a wave of attacks near the border with Somalia.

Mitt Romney's son Matt made a colossal gaffe in New Hampshire yesterday when he said his father would release his tax records as soon as Obama releases his birth certificate. Though he's since apologized for the dumb joke, both the Obama campaign and the DNC are accusing the Romneys of pandering to the extreme fringes of the GOP, and DNC head R.T. Ryback is demanding Mitt Romney condemn his son's statements.

A record number of large scale ivory seizures will be recorded globally in 2011, pointing to a surge in elephant poaching in Africa to meet Asian demand for tusks for use in jewelry and ornaments, a monitoring group said Thursday.

23 tons of tusks were seized by authorities, suggesting the killing of at least 2,500 elephants worldwide by poachers

Even when times are tough at home... British people care deeply about the world's most vulnerable children.

Santa Claus is making trips around the world on Christmas Eve, but milk and cookies aren't the only treats he'll snack on along the way... nor is Santa the only name he goes by. From rice pudding for Tomte Claus in Denmark and the fruit cake-like pan de pascua in Chile to carrots (yes, carrots) in France, see what kids leave out and get recipes for Santa's favorite treats worldwide.

The Ethiopian government considers ONLF a terrorist group.