A Mali government spokesman says kidnappers have released four foreign hostages, including two U.N. staffers.

A tour operator says four European tourists have been kidnapped by armed assailants in Mali.

Mali’s Ministry of Defense says at least 20 people have been killed in an attack on an army outpost in the country’s remote north.

Attorney General Michael Mukasey has rebuked a midlevel federal court on behalf of a Mali woman who fears genital mutilation if sent home.

Lisa Leslie sets U.S. Olympic record going 7-for-7 from the field as the women’s team continues its unblemished run through the Beijing Games with a 97-41 victory against Mali.

Becky Hammon finally has a win with Russia.

The government of Mali and ethnic Tuareg rebels have reached a truce agreement in dangerous northern Mali, Algeria’s ambassador to the West African country said Monday.The two sides also agreed to establish a 200-member follow-up committee representing...

Algerian officials say the Malian government and rebel Tuaregs have agreed to a cease-fire in dangerous northern Mali. The accord was announced Monday after four days of talks in Algiers. But it remains to be seen whether the cease-fire will take hold. A.

Government officials say 27 people are dead following an insurgent attack on an army base in northern Mali.The Defense Ministry says armed insurgents battled soldiers in the far northern desert town of Abeibara for about eight hours Wednesday before...

Insurgents attacked an army convoy in northern Mali Saturday, violating a cease-fire and sparking a fire fight that left five people dead, a military official and area residents said.It was the first major clash since the ethnic Tuareg rebels and the...