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Bangladesh Police Arrest 27 Youths Over Homosexuality
Bangladeshi police arrested 27 young men early Friday in a rare crackdown on homosexuality in the conservative...
Macron In Mali’s Restive North For Morale-Boosting Visit
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visits conflict-torn Mali, where French troops have been fighting jihadists for...
UN To Deploy ‘rapid Intervention Force’ In Central Mali
A rapid intervention force of Senegalese troops will soon be deployed in central Mali, which has seen an increase in...
Russia Probe’s Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller, named Wednesday to take over the US probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, has a reputation...
Couple Stoned To Death In North Mali By ‘Islamists’
An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, local officials told AFP on...
Couple Stoned To Death In North Mali By ‘Islamists’
An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, the first such known occurrence...
Four Red Cross Employees Kidnapped In Central Mali
Four Malian Red Cross employees have been kidnapped in the country's restive centre, the organisation said Monday,...
Syria Regime Nears Total Recapture of Damascus
Syria's regime is close to cementing its control over the entire capital under local deals with rebels after a six-year...
Tunisia Seeks UNESCO Status For Jewish Pilgrimage Isle
Tunisia plans to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the island of Djerba, site of Africa's oldest synagogue and an...
North Korea Lashes Out At US Over UN Push To Enforce Sanctions
North Korea on Friday accused the United States of using threats and intimidation to force countries at the United...
Festive Mood and Tight Security For Tunisia Jewish Festival
An annual Jewish pilgrimage to Africa's oldest synagogue on Tunisia's Djerba island began on Friday under tight...
We Want Big Guns To Fight Al-Shabab Not AK-47
Somalia's president has called on the international community to lift an arms embargo on his country as government...
Rifts Grow On Both Sides of Yemen Conflict
Rifts are growing within the ranks both of Yemen's government and the rebel alliance, further dimming the prospects of...
World’s Tallest Building Delayed To 2019
The completion date for the world's tallest tower has been pushed back to 2019, a Saudi Arabian billionaire said...
Copenhagen Imam Accused of Calling For Killing of Jews
A video of an imam appearing to call for the murder of Jews in a sermon during Friday prayers at a Copenhagen mosque...
South Yemen Leaders Defy Government With Local Council
Former Yemeni officials on Thursday launched an autonomous body to manage the war-wracked country's formerly...
Bangladesh ‘militants’ Killed In Police Raid
Bangladeshi police have carried out a string of raids on suspected militants in recent weeks Police in Bangladesh say...
Six Die In Raid On Suspected Bangladesh Extremists
Bangladesh police on Thursday raided a suspected Islamist hideout in an operation that left five relatives and a fire...
US Offers $10 Mn Reward For Ex-Qaeda Affiliate Chief
The United States is offering a $10 million reward for information to identify or locate the head of Al-Qaeda's former...