Pope Francis will call a conference in November to discuss an “action plan” against human trafficking and modern slavery, Vatican radio reported on Thursday.

The Federal Ministry of Health is to meet with striking health workers on Aug. 26 for dialogue to end the ongoing strike, the Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said.

French striker Nicolas Anelka will miss West Bromwich Albion’s game against Everton this weekend after being granted compassionate leave, the Premier League club announced on Thursday.

An Ikole-Ekiti Customary Court on Thursday dissolved a 19 year-old marriage between Olawale and Mary Adeniyi over the inability of the husband to pay the bride price.

A body found dumped on the outskirts of Karachi was Thursday identified as that of a journalist who went missing in a restive part of the city five months ago.

Villagers armed with buckets and branches fought wildfires raging in Portugal alongside exhausted emergency workers on Thursday, as Spanish and French reinforcements arrived to tackle the blazes.

PARIS – Egypt’s bloody crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood has been a gift to Al-Qaeda that will help it attract fresh followers and open a new front in the Middle East, experts say.

WASHINGTON – Bradley Manning, the US soldier sentenced to 35 years for leaking secret documents, said Thursday he now considers himself as a woman called Chelsea.

As health workers in public hospitals in Lagos joined the nationwide strike on Thursday, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has directed all doctors to render uninterrupted services, especially for emergency cases.

An Al Qaeda-linked militia founded by wanted Islamist commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar announced on Thursday it had joined forces with another armed group to take revenge against France for its military offensive in Mali.