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Mali Officials Deny Couple Stoned By ‘Islamists’
A threat by radical Islamists in northeast Mali to punish an unmarried couple with death by stoning finally was not...
Suspected Jihadists Wreck Mali Primary School
Suspected Islamic extremists have wrecked a primary school in central Mali out of hostility to Western-style education,...
From Coal Miner To Writer of China’s Hit TV Show
In the midst of China's Cultural Revolution, a 14-year-old coal miner bought a yellowing, torn copy of Honore de...
Morocco Fishermen Decry ‘El Negro’ Dolphin Attacks
In Morocco's northern port city of Al-Hoceima, fishermen are clamouring for state support for a struggling sector which...
Mexican Mob Attacks Russian Over Insults In Cancun
A Russian man has been put into protective custody in hospital after he was attacked by a crowd of angry Mexicans in...
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,...
Angola Feels Pressure of DR Congo Refugees
Hundreds of people from Democratic Republic of Congo's central Kasai region have been pouring into neighbouring Angola...
‘No Chance’ For Trapped Iran Miners
Iranian officials said Friday there was "no chance" of saving nine coal miners trapped for the past two days after a...
Anger Brews In Morocco’s Neglected Rif Region
In Morocco's neglected Rif region, where outrage erupted last year over the gruesome death of a fishmonger, calls for...
At Least 70 Miners Trapped After Iran Blast
At least 70 coal miners were trapped after an explosion in northern Iran on Wednesday, Iranian media said. The mine in...
Desert Warlord Turned Brutal Tyrant
A desert warfare specialist, Chad's Hissene Habre seized power in 1982 and quickly embraced the role of ruthless...
IS Terrorises Mosul Civilians As Iraq Forces Advance
Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul Tuesday, closing in on the Old City where jihadists executed civilians in a...
IS ‘executes’ At Least 15 Civilians In Mosul
Jihadist militants from the Islamic State group posing as liberating security forces killed at least 15 civilians who...
3 Dead In Suicide Attack In Cameroon Border Town
Three people were killed and four others wounded on Wednesday in a suicide attack in Cameroon's restive Far North, a...
Chinese Official ‘demoted For Not Smoking In Front of Muslims’
A Chinese official who allegedly declined to smoke in front of Muslims in Xinjiang has been demoted for taking an...
Idlib Hospitals Overwhelmed After Suspected Gas Attack
Hospitals across Syria's rebel-held Idlib province are overwhelmed with casualties from a suspected chemical attack...
Ghosts of Mosul Stalk Iraq’s Fleeing Children
The children proudly wield donated plastic water bottles like freshly dug nuggets of treasure, smiling despite the fear...