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Boko Haram ambush death toll hits 69 29 Jul 2017 - 06:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: A gas filling station destroyed by Boko Haram in Bama, in northeast Nigeria where a Boko Haram insurgency displaced more than 2 million people (AFP / Stefan Heunis)
Pakistan's ex-PM Sharif names brother Shahbaz as successor 29 Jul 2017 - 05:51 pm
This file photo taken on January 30, 2008 shows Shahbaz Sharif, brother of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, addressing a press conference in Karachi. AFP / Rizwan Tabassum
Pakistan to appoint Abbasi as interim PM: Sources 29 Jul 2017 - 03:53 pm
Pakistan's former Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi poses for a photo during an interview with Reuters in Jhang, Pakistan July 7, 2017. (REUTERS/Drazen Jorgic/File Photo)
Hamburg stabbing suspect known as radical, mentally unstable 29 Jul 2017 - 03:42 pm
A woman places a candle at a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles arranged like a peace sign on July 29, 2017 in Hamburg, northern Germany, at the site where a man killed one person and wounded several others in a knife attack the day before. (AFP /
Trump replaces chief of staff Priebus with retired General Kelly 29 Jul 2017 - 01:34 pm
US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly testifying during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AFP / SAUL LOEB / file photo)
Arab League rejects Jerusalem’s status change 29 Jul 2017 - 10:16 am
Palestinians gather near Jerusalem’s Old City as they enter the Al Aqsa Mosque following the removal of Israel's restrictions at the entrances to Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on July 28, 2017. (Enes Canl? - Anadolu Agency)
Venezuela opposition blocks streets as controversial assembly vote looms 28 Jul 2017 - 10:02 pm
A woman walks through a barricade after a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, July 28, 2017. (REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)
North Korea fires missile, possibly ICBM, into sea off east coast 28 Jul 2017 - 09:53 pm
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un watches a military drill marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in this handout photo by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) made available on April 26, 2017. (KCNA/
Macron's go-it-alone style raises eyebrows in Europe 28 Jul 2017 - 08:19 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron walks after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, July 28, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
One dead in knife attack in Hamburg supermarket, motive unclear 28 Jul 2017 - 08:10 pm
Police investigator work at the area around a supermarket in the northern German city of Hamburg, where a man killed one person and wounded several others in a knife attack, on July 28, 2017. (AFP / dpa / Markus Scholz)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ousts PM Sharif over corruption claims 28 Jul 2017 - 12:45 pm
Opponents of Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shout slogans after the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify Sharif, in Islamabad, Pakistan July 28, 2017. (REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood)
Netanyahu wants execution of Palestinian who stabbed to death 3 Israelis 27 Jul 2017 - 07:31 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, April 10, 2016. (Reuters / Gali Tibbon)
Dubai website, magazine banned over 'false news' allegation 27 Jul 2017 - 05:38 pm
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Swedish PM removes two ministers in data scandal 27 Jul 2017 - 02:02 pm
(L-R) Sweden's Infrastructure Minister Thomas Eneroth, Migration Minister Helene Fritzon, Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, Social Security Minister Annika Strandhall, and Minister for Home Affairs and Justice Morgan Johansso
Muslim elders urge faithful to return to Al Aqsa after Israel backtracks 27 Jul 2017 - 11:10 am
A truck removes the remaining barriers from the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on July 27, 2017. (AFP / AHMAD GHARABLI)
Tillerson denies suggestions he will resign 27 Jul 2017 - 10:07 am
With Qatari Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani looking on, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson responds to a question on July 26, 2017 in Washington. When prompted by a reporter, Tillerson said 'I'm not going anywhere' and that
Demand for inflight Wi-Fi high in Mideast routes 27 Jul 2017 - 12:26 am
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Maldives urged to restore parliament's independence 26 Jul 2017 - 11:17 pm
Maldives parliamentary speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed (Photo courtesy: Maldives Parliament)