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Kenya burns vast piles of elephant tusks as it seeks ban on trade 30 Apr 2016 - 06:51 pm

Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) rangers stand guard around illegal stockpiles of burning elephant tusks, ivory figurines and rhinoceros horns at the Nairobi National...

Al Qaeda in Yemen confirms retreat from port city of Mukalla 30 Apr 2016 - 06:43 pm

Yemeni loyalist forces and onlookers gather at the scene of a suicide attack targeting the police chief in the base of the Saudi-backed...

France to increase troop numbers in Ivory Coast after beach attack 30 Apr 2016 - 06:37 pm

Ivorian boys sit outside the Etoile du Sud hotel in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, 14 March 2016. EPA GRAND BASSAM, Ivory Coast: France...

Kerry to Geneva for new Syria ceasefire deal 30 Apr 2016 - 06:34 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during an event to celebrate "Take Your Child to Work Day" at the US Department of...

Sudan plane crashes, all five crew killed 30 Apr 2016 - 06:08 pm

Khartoum: A Sudanese military plane crashed on Saturday in the state of North Kordofan, killing all five crew members on board, the army...

We will not ask Syrian govt to Stop Aleppo raids: Russia 30 Apr 2016 - 05:54 pm

People walk on the street in cloud of dust after regime helicopters target a medical center at opposition controlled Bustan el Kasr region...

One killed in grenade attack in Istanbul 30 Apr 2016 - 05:23 pm

Istanbul: One person was killed on Saturday when an armed group attacked a car dealership in Istanbul with grenades, the Dogan news agency...

Malaysia deports 32 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China 30 Apr 2016 - 04:42 pm

Taipei: Malaysia deported 32 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China Saturday, Taiwan authorities said, leaving the island's government furious once more in the latest...

Kenya: 45 people rescued from collapsed building in Nairobi 30 Apr 2016 - 04:36 pm

Kenyan rescue workers carry a body after a building collapsed in Nairobi on April 30, 2016. / AFP / SIMON MAINA Nairobi: Kenyan...

Nine killed in Somalia mosque collapse 30 Apr 2016 - 04:06 pm

Mogadishu: At least nine people were killed and dozens injured when a mosque they were building in Somalia collapsed, residents said Saturday. Over...

UK strikes in Syria, Iraq kill 1,000 IS fighters 30 Apr 2016 - 03:52 pm

London: British air strikes have killed nearly 1,000 fighters of the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq in the past 18 months,...

Ukraine: Soldiers killed in rebel east despite truce 30 Apr 2016 - 03:45 pm

Kiev: Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fresh fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east even as a new truce...

113 people rescued alive after Ecuador's earthquake 30 Apr 2016 - 03:43 pm

A handout picture provided by Bolivian Agency of Information (ABI) shows Bolivian President Evo Morales (2-L) and his Ecuadorean counterpart Rafael Correa (Not...

Sadr supporters storm Iraq parliament 30 Apr 2016 - 03:29 pm

Followers of Iraq's Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr are seen in the parliament building as they storm Baghdad's Green Zone after lawmakers failed to...

Rouhani allies win Iran parliament elections 30 Apr 2016 - 03:16 pm

Iranian journalists work in a press room at the interior ministry in the capital Tehran on April 30, 2016 as they follow the...

Floods wreak havoc in Kenya 30 Apr 2016 - 02:54 pm

Rescue workers search for residents feared trapped in the rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed after days of heavy rain, in Nairobi,...

London ex-mayor defends Hitler comments 30 Apr 2016 - 02:51 pm

This file photo taken on April 14, 2012 shows London Labour Party mayoral candidate Ken Livingstonespeaking during a mayoral candidate hustings event organised...