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In north Cameroon, the struggle to save youngsters from Boko Haram 12 Apr 2019 - 07:59 pm

Mozogo, Cameroon: "My life changed completely," said 14-year-old Ina Viche, recalling the day in 2016 when her parents were killed by Boko Haram...

'Mikhail Gorbachev' running for office in Indonesia polls 12 Apr 2019 - 06:54 pm

Jakarta: Mikhail Gorbachev is running for office in Indonesian elections next week, but it's not the octogenarian ex-Soviet leader who helped bring an...

Sudan's military council promises civilian government 12 Apr 2019 - 01:28 pm

KHARTOUM: Sudan's ruling military council on Friday promised the country would have a new civilian government, a day after the armed forces overthrew...

Gunmen abduct two Cuban doctors in Kenya - official 12 Apr 2019 - 11:35 am

NAIROBI: Gunmen abducted two Cuban doctors near Kenya's border with Somalia as they were going to work, a county government official said on...

Pakistan vegetable market bomb kills 16, half of them minority Hazaras 12 Apr 2019 - 11:30 am

QUETTA: A bomb hidden between bags of potatoes at an outdoor Pakistani market killed at least 16 people on Friday, half of them...

Sudan protesters reject 'regime coup', vow more demos 11 Apr 2019 - 04:27 pm

Khartoum: Organisers of protests for the ouster of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir rejected his toppling by the army Thursday as a "coup conducted...

Sudan's defense minister says Bashir detained, military council to head transition 11 Apr 2019 - 03:14 pm

KHARTOUM: Sudan's defense minister said on Thursday that President Omar al-Bashir had been detained "in a safe place" and that a military council...

UK arrests WikiLeaks' Assange at Ecuador embassy in London 11 Apr 2019 - 02:45 pm

LONDON: British police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday, after the South American nation decided to...

Sudan's security service announces release of political prisoners 11 Apr 2019 - 02:37 pm

Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Service has announced the release of all political prisoners across the country, state news agency SUNA reported on...

Sudanese military in talks to form interim council 11 Apr 2019 - 01:24 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Top Sudanese military officers are reportedly conducting intense consultations to form an interim ruling council. Earlier Thursday, President Omar al-Bashir stepped...

WikiLeaks' Assange arrested at Ecuador embassy in London 11 Apr 2019 - 12:53 pm

London: Police in London say they've arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy on a court warrant dating back to 2012. ...

Inside the Pakistani madrasa where India said it killed hundreds of "terrorists" 11 Apr 2019 - 12:14 pm

JABA, Pakistan: A madrasa, or Islamic school, on a remote hilltop in northeastern Pakistan that was the target of an Indian air strike...

UK's May faces Parliament after EU grants Brexit extension 11 Apr 2019 - 11:25 am

London: A clearly frustrated European Union has given Britain some headroom to find a way out of its Brexit quagmire by agreeing on...

Sudan’s Bashir steps down as president: Military 11 Apr 2019 - 10:50 am

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down, military sources claimed on Thursday in the wake of continued calls for his resignation. ...

Modi favourite as India's incredible election begins 11 Apr 2019 - 07:41 am

New Delhi: India's gargantuan election, the biggest in history, kicked off on Thursday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term from...

Fox host questions whether Omar is 'an American first.' 10 Apr 2019 - 11:28 pm

NEW YORK: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said Wednesday that Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade is guilty of a "dangerous incitement" for questioning...

Burkina Faso president arrives in Turkey for talks 10 Apr 2019 - 11:28 pm

ANKARA: Burkina Faso’s president has begun two-day official visit to Turkey, according to an official statement on Wednesday. Roch Marc Christian Kabore arrived...

Albania deploys army to guard airport after second money heist 10 Apr 2019 - 10:28 pm

TIRANA: The Albanian government ordered troops to guard the country's international airport and criticized the Chinese company that runs the facility on Wednesday,...