International

Bulgarians elect a new parliament

Polls opened Sunday in parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, with former premier Boyko Borisov set for…

Scientists bemoan long wait for Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Awarding Nobels decades after the original scientific discovery could lead to the…

Howard University Hospital rules out Ebola for Nigeria-returnee

Howard University Hospital said on Saturday that a medical team has determined that a patient…

Baby Doc, ex-Haitian dictator dies of heart attack

Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, who ruled the impoverished Caribbean nation with an…

Duncan, Ebola patient in Texas in critical condition

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus on US soil…

Jonathan: Boko Haram killings have no religious basis

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Saturday that killings by militants of Boko Haram and other…

Brazil's female Obama drops to third

Brazil's presidential election took another dramatic turn Saturday on the eve of the first-round vote…

400,000 security men to police Brazil's general election

Brazil is deploying more than 400,000 security personnel, including 30,000 military, for Sunday's presidential and…

3 allies of Sarkozy, ex-French president charged in fraud probe

Three allies of French former president Nicolas Sarkozy were charged on Saturday in connection with…

French nurse cured of Ebola contracted in Liberia

A French nurse who contracted Ebola while volunteering for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Liberia…