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At Least 30 Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack In Northeast Nigerian

The suicide attack was carried on by two women in a busy market At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide bomb...

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Search For Survivors Continues

Rescuers are continuing their search for survivors in Indonesia's Aceh province a day after a powerful quake struck the...

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Afghan Taliban Hang University Student In Public

Since their ouster in 2001, Taliban have executed people they accuse of spying for foreign forces Taliban fighters...

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Wole Soyinka Throws Away Green Card After Trump Win

The Nobel-prize winning author Wole Soyinka has thrown away his green card in protest of Donald Trump’s presidency....

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Aleppo Defeat ‘not the End For Rebels’

The fall of rebel-held eastern Aleppo would not mean the end of the fight against President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian...

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Syria Troops ‘retake’ Key Aleppo District

Syrian government forces have retaken the largest rebel-controlled district in eastern Aleppo, state media report. The...

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Car Bomb Attack Hits Mogadishu

A suspected car bomb has killed at least 11 people and injured another 16 when it exploded at a police checkpoint next...

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Severed Heads, 32 Bodies Found In Mexico Cartel Mass Grave

Mexican authorities have discovered 32 bodies and nine heads hidden in mass graves in a southern region plagued by...

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Severed Heads and 32 Bodies Found In Mexican Cartel Mass Graves

The bodies were found spread across 17 pits in the region hit by cartel turf wars Mexican authorities have discovered...

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‘Insulting Mugabe’ Trial Collapses

The case against five Zimbabwean war veterans, charged with insulting President Robert Mugabe, has collapsed. A...

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Iraq Militias ‘cut Off IS Access To City’

An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled by...

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Turkish Bill Clears Men of Statutory Rape If They Marry

A bill which would allow men accused of raping underage girls to be cleared if they marry the girl has been...

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Protesters Storm Brazil Congress Seeking Military Rule

Dozens of protesters demanding a military coup have forced their way into Brazil’s lower chamber of Congress in the...

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Tsunami Hits New Zealand After Quake

A tsunami has hit after an earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island. The US Geological Survey said the...

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Bataclan Reopens After Deadly Attack A Year Ago

The Bataclan concert hall in Paris has reopened with a performance by Sting, a year after Islamist militants killed 90...

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Fire Kills Factory Workers In India’s Sahibabad

Thirteen workers have died in a fire at a suspected illegal garment factory on the outskirts of Delhi in India. The...

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Gambian Wrestler Ali Mbengu Dies Trying To Cross the Mediterranean

A popular Gambian wrestler has drowned while crossing the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe, his coach says. Ali...

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Gambia Wrestler ‘Mille Franc’ Drowns Crossing Mediterranean To Europe

Many migrants are prepared to risk all to get from Libya to Europe A popular Gambian wrestler has drowned while...

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Gambian Wrestler Drowns Trying To Reach Europe

A wrestler from The Gambia has died trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Italy, his coach has told AFP news...