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The topic of homosexuality is often taboo in the country and can be met with imprisonment.

A former minister under Goodluck Jonathan said the new Nigerian president lied about inheriting an empty treasury upon taking office.

The Ministry of Religious Endowments will reportedly search mosque libraries to find literature it feels doesn't promote a moderate version of Islam.

It will debut later this summer, according to a blog post from the Education Department.

Several Confederate statues have been vandalized throughout the South since the Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting.

The decision handed a victory to the Obama administration's landmark healthcare legislation, and saves health insurance for the 8.2 million people relying on subsidies to help them pay for such coverage.

A new report says children are being abducted from their homes and forced into fighting with the rebels in South Sudan.

Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve called the incidents "serious disturbances of public order."

"I felt so hot, I was vomiting," an elderly man told CNN. "I felt weak and my heart sank."

The latest phase of immigration reform, limiting deportations, began rolling out this week.

The tank reportedly features laser-guided weapons systems and can find a target three miles away in the darkness of night.

The civil rights groups say Miami-Dade jail officials violated a faith-based meals policy that has not been violated for inmates of other faiths.

Americans know little about the details of Obamacare, but an upcoming Supreme Court decision could have far-reaching effects.

Andris Berzins' comments came just days after a top Russian official warned that NATO weapons could make Latvia a "target."

Experts say the government's cyberdefenses are woefully outdated.

The real estate mogul and reality TV star is running for president and he's already polling strong in New Hampshire. But Republicans aren't worried about him winning — yet.

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party is expected to make major gains in the upcoming elections, but the military still holds the veto power.

The practice is "rampant," especially in rural areas, but some Chinese media say changing the law may not be enough.

The Senegalese government used to ban solar power in its cities. Now it is being used across the country.

The Committee to Protect Journalists says that Egypt has imprisoned at least 18 journalists, most on spurious charges.

The new electronic warfare system will operate within Russia’s air defense and missile shield control unit.

Mathew Ajibade, a 21-year-old Nigerian, who was arrested in January, was found dead strapped to a chair in a county jail in Savannah, Georgia.

A group of former U.S. officials and foreign policy experts cautioned, in an open letter, of the need for a deal with adequate safeguards.

On Wednesday, a Bosnian court ordered two soldiers convicted of rape to pay $15,200 as compensation to the victim.

The Beijing pair say they want to protest family planning rules, which only allow married couples to have children.

The pledges were made at the inaugural session of the International Conference on Nepal's Reconstruction in Kathmandu on Thursday.

While the West views the March 2014 annexation of Crimea as a violation of international law, Russia links the event to nationalist sentiment.

A Tucson Air Force Reserve F-16 fighter jet crashed in Arizona Wednesday night but details of casualties were not immediately known.

The town, located near the country's border with Turkey, has been under the control of Kurdish forces since its recapture in January.