Authorities in Gambia have rounded up about 1,000 people and forced them to drink hallucinogens in a witch-hunting campaign that is terrorizing the tiny West African nation, an international rights group said Wednesday.

Authorities in Gambia have rounded up about 1,000 people and forced them to drink hallucinogens in a witch-hunting campaign that is terrorizing the tiny West African nation, an international rights group said Wednesday.

Security forces on Tuesday arrested the suspected leader of an alleged plot to topple the government in nearby Guinea-Bissau, Gambian officials said.

Two Spanish men detained in Gambia for allegedly propositioning taxi drivers for sex have been released after five days in jail, a Spanish official said Wednesday.The men were released late Tuesday and have left the West African country, said Nicola El...

A teenager was charged Wednesday in a series of violent crimes around the University of Chicago campus, including the fatal shooting of a student who was just weeks away from receiving his doctoral degree.Eric Walker, 16, of Chicago, gave a videotaped...

Investigators revealed new details Monday in the arrest of a deputy finance minister who allegedly tried to embezzle $43 million in budget funds _ a case that has shocked many of Russia’s top bankers.The detention of Sergei Storchak, one of the...

Dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe spent three weeks at sea off West Africa’s coast and threw nearly 50 bodies overboard after their vessel lost power and supplies dwindled, officials said Tuesday.The boat, which set out from Senegal with as many..

The U.N. General Assembly thwarted Taiwan’s bid for membership in the world body Friday, with a majority of countries speaking out against its inclusion during a marathon debate.The 192-member General Assembly agreed by consensus to accept a...