Nigerian authorities have reported the first case of the new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa.

A local official in northeastern Nigeria says suspected Boko Haram extremists have killed more than 60 people during an attack on villagers who were leaving a funeral.

A Nigerian emergency official says eight people are dead in a collapsed school building and 37 people have been rescued alive.

A video appearing to show proof of life of some of Nigeria's kidnapped Chibok girls is being aired along with images of tearful parents recognizing their daughters, unheard of since the mass abduction by Boko Haram extremists two years ago.

The House Homeland Security Committee says the U.S. is failing to stop most people trying to go overseas to join terrorist groups, including the Islamic State. In a report Tuesday, the committee says more than 250 Americans have joined or tried to join terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of terror attacks worldwide shot up by 35 percent between 2013 and 2014, with an 81 percent jump in the number of deaths.

Nigeria's military says troops have killed scores of Islamic extremists and rescued 20 women and children from captivity even as reports come in of Boko Haram fighters slitting villagers' throats and chopping them to death.

Nigeria's military says pirates hijacked a military gunboat and three soldiers are missing after the ambush in the southern oil-rich state of Bayelsa.

Nigeria's president is declaring a national state of emergency over the Ebola virus.

The World Health Organization says the death toll from the worst record outbreak of Ebola has reached 887.That's an increase of 158 since the global health body released figures on July 31.