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In this photo released by Maranhao state, an unidentified African migrant arrives after he was rescued by fishermen, at the pier of Sao Jose de Ribamar, Brazil, Sunday, May 20, 2018. Dozens of African migrants found drifting aboard a vessel in the northern coast of Brazil have been rescued, according to local media reports. The migrants are believed to be from Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Cape Verde were rescued by fishermen on Saturday, after traveling 35 days at sea, authorities told a Brazilian newspaper. Photos:   Photographer witness to migrant plight A migrant is lowered into the water during a rescue mission. Hide Caption 7 of 13 Photos:   Photographer witness to migrant plight A child is lifted above the crowded boat as migrants wait to be rescued. Hide Caption 8 of 13 Photos:   Photographer witness to migrant plight A child is rescued by a member of Proactiva Open Arms. Hide...

My grandmother, Theresa Nsionu, told me about how she ran from town to town with her children to escape the violence during the Nigerian Civil War (Biafran War). Photo by Chika Oduah. Fifty-one years ago, a political decision changed the course of my life and I wasn't even born when it was made. After several bouts of ethnic hostilities in Nigeria during which thousands of Igbo people were murdered and chased out of cities, back to their ancestral communities in  southeastern Nigeria , leaders from the southeast declared on May 30, 1967 that the region would breakaway from Nigeria and form the  Republic of Biafra. Diplomatic efforts to unite Nigeria failed; war spilled out and continued pouring out atrocities for three years. The land of my birth- southeastern Nigeria- collapsed into a battlefield: Nigeria versus Biafra. Most of the Biafrans were like me, Igbo. My mother, an Igbo woman, was a six-year-old child when she ran away from a city in cent...

Hamas said Wednesday that Palestinian militant groups would agree to a ceasefire if Israel also agreed to abide by one, following the biggest exchange of fire in Gaza since the 2014 war there. The comments, made by a member of Hamas' political bureau, Khalil Al Hayya, came after militants launched what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) described as the  biggest barrage of rocket and mortar fire from the coastal enclave in years. The IDF said it counted more than 100 launches from Gaza, and it responded with more than 60 airstrikes on targets in the enclave. Al Hayya said in a statement early Wednesday that there had been considerable mediation efforts -- an apparent reference to Egyptian-led talks -- resulting in "a consensus to return to the ceasefire understandings of the Gaza Strip." A picture taken from Gaza on Tuesday shows smoke billowing in the background, following an Israeli air strike. "The resistance factions are committed [to the ceasefir...

A man who killed two policewomen and a bystander in the eastern Belgian city of  Liege  on Tuesday is suspected of killing someone the day before, according to the country's federal prosecutor's office. The perpetrator -- named as 31-year-old Belgian national Benjamin H. -- was serving a jail term for theft, violence, drug abuse and insubordination to police, the spokesperson for the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office, Eric Van Der Sypt, said Wednesday. He had been let out of prison on a temporary release, Van Der Sypt said. According to the terms of his parole, he had been expected to return to jail on Monday night at 7:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m ET) but failed to sign in. Instead, Belgian authorities now also suspect him of committing a burglary and then killing his accomplice. On Tuesday morning, the man stabbed two policewomen   from behind before stealing their service weapons and using them to kill the officers. The attacker then opened fire on a parked vehicl...