Ousted Egypt leader Morsi sentenced to prison

Mohammed Morsi shot to power amid Muslim Brotherhood-fueled Arab Spring uprising, but was convicted in killing of protesters

• Apr 21, 2015

Captain of capsized boat carrying migrants arrested

The captain and a crew member were detained on illegal immigration charges and for multiple homicides in the disaster

• Apr 20, 2015

Saudi-led strikes hit weapons caches of Iran-backed rebels in Yemen

Strikes touched off massive explosions in Yemeni capital, killing at least 19 and burying scores more under rubble

• Apr 20, 2015

​A migrant's story of death -- and survival -- at sea

"I was prepared for death and I was willing to take the gamble," says a Somali who describes how he fled Africa in a crowded vessel

• Apr 20, 2015

Diplomat's teen son pleads not guilty to murder

​Marc Wabafiyebazu, 15, faces a murder charge in connection with a drug-rated shootout that left his brother and another person dead

• Apr 20, 2015

U.S. aircraft carrier sent to Yemen in response to Iran

USS Theodore Roosevelt will join other U.S. ships in response to reports of Iranian arms convoy bound for Yemen's rebels

• Apr 20, 2015

EU searches for ways to stem tide of migrant "death voyages"

Rescuers respond to two new migrant emergencies off Libya and one near Greece after weekend disaster that left 700 feared dead

• Apr 20, 2015

Egypt court gives 22 death penalty over attack on police

Crowd stormed police station the same day the military overthrew an elected but divisive Islamist president

• Apr 20, 2015

Ethiopia lawmakers to weigh possible response to ISIS killings

Three days of mourning declared after video shows Ethiopian Christians held captive in Libya being shot or beheaded by militants

• Apr 20, 2015

Spanish teen with crossbow blamed in deadly school attack

Police say 13-year-old killed a teacher and wounded four others in Barcelona while "saying strange and incoherent things"

• Apr 20, 2015

Editor: Washington Post reporter in Iran faces "ludicrous" spy charges

Jason Rezaian faces espionage, other charges that carry a maximum penalty of 10 to 20 years in prison, newspaper's editor says

• Apr 20, 2015

Saint or sinner? Vatican defends canonization of friar in U.S.

Native Americans have compared Rev. Junipero Serra's conversion of natives to genocide

• Apr 20, 2015

Death toll rises in South Africa as anti-immigrant attacks rage on

More than 1,000 people have fled their homes and hundred have been arrested amid wave of attacks on immigrants

• Apr 20, 2015

Nazi "accountant of Auschwitz" heads to trial in Germany

Oskar Groening, 93, has acknowledged serving as an SS officer at death camp but denies committing any crimes

• Apr 20, 2015

China moves to marginalize U.S. influence in Pakistan

President Xi arrived in Islamabad Monday with $46 billion in promised investments and received a warm reception from Pakistan officials

• Apr 20, 2015

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