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Morocco City On Strike Over Arrest of Protest Movement Head
Most shops were shuttered Friday in the northern Morocco city of Al-Hoceima, the second day of a general strike called...
Foreign Aid Arrives In As Sri Lanka Flood Toll Exceeds 200
International aid arrived into Sri Lanka on Wednesday as the death toll from the island's worst floods and landslides...
Sri Lanka Steps Up Relief As Monsoon Toll Exceeds 150
Emergency teams rushed food and water Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for...
ISIS Murder 19 Civilians In South Philippines
ISIS-linked terrorists have murdered 19 civilians in the Philippines including a woman and a child. This week 85 people...
Secession Fears Cloud Myanmar Peace Talks
Talks to end decades of bitter civil war in Myanmar have faltered, a government spokesman warned Sunday, blaming ethnic...
Burundi Orders Couples To Wed Amid Drive To ‘moralise Society’
Cohabiting couples in Burundi have until the end of the year to get married or face legal consequences. The government...
India Aids Sri Lanka As Monsoon Kills 100
India joined Sri Lanka's relief operation Saturday as 230,000 people were driven from their homes after an intense...
Myanmar To Deport Turkish Family Amid Crackdown Fears
Myanmar authorities have detained a Turkish family and are trying to deport them to Turkey, where activists fear they...
Japan Scrambles Jets After China Allegedly Flies Drone
Japan said Friday it scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese vessel sailing in disputed waters launched a drone, the...
Prophet Freed In A Congo Jail-Break
Gunmen from a Christian sect have stormed a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, freeing their...
Yemen Strongman Saleh Open To Negotiations With Saudi
Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh is open to negotiations with rival Saudi Arabia, two years into a deadly war...
South Sudan President Sacks Controversial Army Chief
South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government...
Pakistan Says Inflicted Heavy Losses On Afghan Border Forces
Pakistan's military on Sunday said it had killed more than 50 Afghan soldiers in a clash on a major border crossing two...
DRCongo Bishops Urge Opposition Supremo’s Return
DR Congo's influential Catholic bishops have urged authorities to allow prominent opposition politician Moise Katumbi...
Kabul Bomb Attack Targeting Nato Convoy Kills Eight
A suicide attack on a convoy belonging to the Nato mission in Afghanistan has killed at least eight people in Kabul,...
Burundi Accused By WFP of Blocking A Convoy
The UN's World Food Programme has said Burundi has blocked an 10-truck aid convoy coming in from Rwanda, the Reuters...
Myanmar ‘yet To Ask UK To Arrest British Murder Suspect’
A 26-year-old British man wanted for the murder of a compatriot in Myanmar is living freely in Scotland because the...
Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Afghan Civilians
At least 11 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb ripped through their vehicle in the restive southern Afghan...
UN Pushes Myanmar To Release Detained Rohingya Children
The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government to release Rohingya children detained as part of a...