High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality — including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal — raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday. Between ...

President Obama has condemned a proposed bill before the Uganda Parliament that ups the penalties for being gay in a country where it is already illegal, the BBC reported.

“We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays ...

Both chambers of Congress have introduced resolutions that urge the Uganda Parliament to dump a proposed bill that that ups the penalties for being gay in a country where it is already illegal.

California Representative Berman L. Howard introduced his resolution on Wednesday. The resolution has attracted 38 co-sponsors ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday denounced as "odious" a proposed anti-gay law in Uganda that has drawn international condemnation. "We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are -- whether it's here in the United States or ... more extremely in odious ...