Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family music group and father of pop icon Michael Jackson, died Wednesday following reports of a cancer diagnosis, according to multiple reports.... Continue

Sub-Saharan Africa suffers under a sharp rise in the number of Islamist militant attacks. In its report Changing Patterns in Terrorism and the Threat to Business, Control Risk, the specialist... Continue

FRANCIS ACHI/Moscow It was a sad tale of pain, anguish and total despair for some Nigerians after they were swindled of their hard earned money saved over time to... Continue

Hundreds of cyclists have taken part in the World Naked Bike Ride in an annual protest aimed at celebrating the human body and campaigning against dependency on cars. The... Continue

BEN GUARINO, EMILY RAUHALA and WILLIAM WAN Like many ambitious young scientists, José Pastor-Pareja came to the United States to supercharge his career. At Yale University, he worked in cutting-edge laboratories,... Continue

The attention of the Ghana High Commission in Nigeria, and, indeed, of the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been drawn to comments made... Continue