"We didn't know if we would get out. We tried calling our families, to tell them we weren't sure we were going to see them again," said Suzanne Songa-Ouedraogo, her voice trembling as she recalled Friday night's jihadist attack that killed 29 people in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
At least 13 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck at the Jalalabad home of Obaiduallah Shinwari, a prominent politician who escaped unscathed, during a "jirga", an assembly of tribal leaders, on Sunday, officials said.
A cast and fossils from a brand new species of titanosaur, one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, went on display on Thursday in New York for the first time.
New York City officials are close to a deal that would save Central Park's horse-drawn carriages from a threatened ban.
Indonesian police on Friday arrested three men on suspicion of links to the brazen attacks in the heart of the country's capital, and said they recovered a flag of the Islamic State group from the home of one of the attackers.
Colombia hailed on Thursday the 2016 Oscar Award nomination for the movie Embrace of the Serpent as Best Foreign Language Film, the country's first movie to be nominated for the award.
An overnight bus on its way to a ski resort in central Japan careened off a mountain road early on Friday, killing 14 passengers and injuring 27 others.
Political divisions and allegations of corruption are fueling an unholy battle for the leadership of Thai Buddhism.
At least 50 Kenyan soldiers were killed early on Friday in an attack launched by the Somali militant group al-Shabaab, Al Jazeera reported.
Five people, including civilians, were killed and 39 wounded on Thursday in a car bomb attack blamed on Kurdish militants that ripped through a police station and an adjacent housing complex for officers and their families in southeastern Turkey.
For a decade, US President Barack Obama leaned on dazzling oratory to advance his politics. Now, in a bid to shape the 2016 election and his legacy, he's turning off the teleprompter.
The Republic of Korea is preparing to escalate its psychological warfare against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in response to its latest nuclear test with giant electronic message boards along the border.
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