Five Al Qaeda-linked militants were killed in a failed kidnapping in the Philippines as the family of the victim fought back, the military said Thursday. The Abu Sayyaf gunmen were shot in a sea battle with the victim’s family Wednesday after they grabbed the local businesswoman and dragged her
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As Britons go to the polls to elect both their next Prime Minister -in what is seen as one of the closest to call elections in recent memory- and Members of Parliament, MPs, on Thursday, four of those in the race for the House of Commons are of Nigerian heritage. The trio of Shadow Business […]
The conflict in Yemen has cost the lives of at least 646 civilians since a Saudi-led coalition began air raids against Houthi rebels who control much of the country, the UN said on Tuesday. Some 131 children were among those killed since the start of the coalition air campaign on March 26, the office […]
Syrian government forces and opposition fighters have carried out attacks in Aleppo, the country’s largest city, that may be war crimes and crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in a new report Tuesday. Basing its findings on interviews with more than 100 people who lived or worked in Aleppo, Amnesty described military attacks since January […]
ISIS claimed on Tuesday its first attack on US soil, a shooting at an anti-Muslim event in Texas over the weekend showcasing cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed. “Two of the soldiers of the caliphate executed an attack on an art exhibit in Garland, Texas, and this exhibit was portraying negative pictures of the Prophet Mohammed,” […]
Two metro trains carrying passengers crashed in Mexico City on Monday, leaving at least 12 people injured, authorities said. City Fire Chief Raul Esquivel told the Televisa network there were no deaths from the accident, adding that 40 fire-fighters were on the scene. The Mexico City Metro System said via its Twitter account […]
The Save the Children aid group reported another migrant tragedy on Tuesday, with survivors saying “dozens” of their fellow passengers fell out of their rubber boat and likely drowned in the Mediterranean as a rescue vessel neared. Save the Children’s Giovanna di Benedetto said from Catania, Sicily, that the exact toll wasn’t known. But she […]
Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack on Dallas Prophet Muhammad cartoon event in which two gunmen died Details later.
Weekend negotiations between Greece and rescue lenders have made progress, officials on both sides said Monday even though Athens stressed it needed a swift release of delayed bailout money to keep up with debt payments. Greece’s new government is struggling to deliver economic reforms and budget measures that are deemed acceptable by creditors in order […]
Italian authorities rescued a record 6 551 migrants on the weekend in 34 separate interventions in the central Mediterranean, including a woman who gave birth to a girl soon after being rescued. The mother and baby “are both in good health”, the Italian navy said in a Monday statement, adding that the infant was delivered […]
Heavily armed separatist rebels have ambushed a paramilitary convoy in India’s remote northeast, killing eight soldiers and injuring six, officials said on Monday. The militants opened fire on the troops before exploding a small bomb during the attack on Sunday in underdeveloped Nagaland close to the border with Myanmar, the state’s police chief said.
Top political leaders from Taiwan and China met for the first time in six years Monday, and held talks that analysts say are aimed at boosting support for the island’s ruling party ahead of key elections early next year. A key message Nationalist Party Chairman Eric Chu had for China was a call for more […]
Two gunmen have reportedly been shot dead outside an anti-Islam art exhibition of the Prophet Muhammad in a city near Dallas in Texas, US. The shooting was reported shortly before 7pm local time at the Curtis Culwell Centre. The city is reportedly in lockdown, following reports that another gunman was seen near a shopping centre. […]
The President of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has plnned give one million dollars as financial aid to the earthquake victims of Nepal. The disastrous earthquake that hit Nepal last Saturday took thousands of lives and left grave damages in its wake. Algeria would also be mobilising substantial emergency assistance and convey a strong team of 70 […]
British police on Thursday said they seized more than 3 tons of cocaine with a record street value of some $750m from a tugboat off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. Officers detained the nine Turkish crew members found on board the vessel after it was boarded in a joint operation by border police and the […]
Six suspected ISIS militants, including two Air Force personnel, were charged on Thursday in Malaysia, police said. They face up to 30 years imprisonment if convicted of promoting acts of terrorism. The suspects, who appeared before the Sessions Court of Alor Setar in the northern state of Kedah, were among 17 arrested this month in […]
A court in north-west Pakistan has jailed 10 men for life for the attack on education activist Malala Yousafzai. Ms Yousafzai, who was 15 at the time, was shot in the head on board her school bus in the Swat valley in 2012, in an attack that shocked the world. She was awarded last year’s […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has canceled his planned trip to Moscow for Russia’s Victory Day, according to the Kremlin. “He has decided to stay in Pyongyang,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday, saying Moscow received the information via “diplomatic channels.” The visit, which would have been Kim Jong Un’s first
Two people have been rescued from the rubble of buildings in Kathmandu, five days after an earthquake that killed at least 5,500 in Nepal, BBC reports. A 15-year-old boy told the BBC he survived by drinking water from wet clothes and eating clarified butter. Elsewhere, a woman was pulled from a collapsed block where she […]
Poland’s Justice Minister Cezary Grabarczyk on Wednesday stepped down over doubts concerning the legality of his gun permit, Yahoo News reports Cezary Grabarczyk, 55, wound up in the crosshairs of the opposition and the media after reports surfaced last week that he only took the written test to obtain his permit from a police unit […]
