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2,000 IS Fighters Defending West Mosul
An estimated 2,000 IS fighters are left in west Mosul to defend their bastion against a massive offensive by the Iraqi...
Thai Palace Official Fired and Stripped of Titles
A senior member of the personal security retinue of Thailand's new king has been fired and stripped of his titles, the...
Merkel Visits Algiers In Bid To Curb Africa Migrant Flow
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Algeria from Monday to press efforts to get North African countries to reduce...
Migrants In Morocco’s North Determined To Reach Europe
One early morning last week, Adam's fellow migrants managed to climb over the high border fence separating Morocco from...
Pirates Kill Vietnamese Sailor, Kidnap Six Others
Pirates have attacked a Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship off the southern Philippines, killing one seaman and abducting at...
Le Pen In Lebanon For First Head of State Meeting
France's far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Monday met for the first time with a foreign head...
Japan Table Tennis Prodigy Harimoto Seeks Olympic Dream
A 13-year-old Japanese table tennis prodigy has set his sights on the Tokyo Olympics after he narrowly failed to become...
IS Claims Suicide Attack By British Bomber Near Mosul
The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack near Mosul it said was carried out by a...
Women Reveal the Horrors They Endured As ISIS Sex Slaves
Women have revealed the horrors they endured at the hands of ISIS sex slaves - despite being Sunni Muslims just like...
Swede Jonevret Named Orlando Pirates Coach
Fallen South African giants Orlando Pirates named Swede Kjell Jonevret as coach Monday in succession to Turk Muhsin...
Fourteen Students Dead In Philippine Bus Accident
Fourteen college students on a camping trip were killed and dozens injured on Monday when their bus slammed into an...
Rockets From Sinai Hit Israel, No Casualties
At least two rockets fired from Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Monday hit southern Israel, causing no damage, the army...
Egypt Court Uphold Death Sentences Over Football Riot
An Egyptian court upheld Monday death sentences against 10 people convicted over rioting that claimed 74 lives at a...
Iran Bans Drones In Tehran After Device Shot Down
Iranian officials have banned the flying of all private drones over Tehran after two recent incidents led to one of the...
Philippines’ Duterte Ordered Murders
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ran a death squad that killed many people, including a journalist and a pregnant...
Cambodia PM Empowers Court To Dissolve Rival Parties
Cambodia's parliament passed a law Monday giving judges sweeping powers to dissolve political parties, a move seen as a...
Israeli PM Netanyahu On Historic Asia Trip
Benjamin Netanyahu will become the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit Australia on Wednesday on a historic Asia trip...
Amazon Says To Create 5,000 Jobs In UK
US tech and retail giant Amazon on Monday said it would create 5,000 British jobs this year, in a show of confidence in...
Grenade Attack Kills 11 Members of Afghan Family
Eleven members of an Afghan family, including women and children, were killed in a grenade attack on their home in the...