Secretary of State Hillary Clinton showed what Agance France-Presse calls "a rare flash of public anger" during a seven-country trip to Africa on Monday.

On the first of a two-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo to push for peace and an end to the shocking amount of sexual violence seen in the country's war-torn east (click here to read an in-depth Monitor story on that), a university student did the unthinkable.

Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend of two years, New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush, are going their separate ways, the reality star's rep confirms to PEOPLE.

The pair, who recently returned from a charity trip to Africa with Kardashian's sister Khloe, just last May talked about "heading" toward marriage, but sources tell PEOPLE their relationship suffered from the time they spent apart – with yet another separation looming with the upcoming NFL season.

Benedict XVI will enter the political and religious minefield of the Middle East for the first time today on what will be his most testing and dangerous trip as Pope.

His advisers are hoping that he can repair the damage his past comments on Islam and Judaism have caused and avoid the “mishaps” that marred his trip to Africa in March.

Pope Benedict is in Angola where he held an open-air Mass for more than one-million people. The pontiff expressed his "deep sorrow" at the deaths of two people killed in a stampede at the entrance of a stadium where he spoke late Saturday.

The two young women died in hospital from injuries suffered when they got caught up in the crush of people trying to enter a stadium hours before the pope held a youth rally. As many as 40 others were inured in Saturday's stampede in central Luanda.