Congo Votes For Parliament With Opposition Calling Foul
Voters went to the polls in legislative elections in the oil-rich Republic of Congo on Sunday, the first since a ...
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Eight Dead In Wall Collapse At Senegal’s Demba Diop
Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. ...
Four Islamist Extremists Surrender After Shootout In Bangladesh
Four suspected Islamist extremists surrendered Sunday after a night-long standoff with Bangladeshi police in which they detonated explosives and opened ...
US Citizen Accused of ‘infiltration’ Sentenced To 10 Years
A United States citizen accused of "infiltration" in Iran has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, a spokesman for ...
Senegal Suspends Sports Events After Football Deaths
Senegal on Sunday suspended all sports and cultural events until elections at the end of the month, a day after ...
Eight Dead At Senegal Football Stadium
Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. ...
Refugee Fears Over Australia-US Resettlement Plan
The abrupt departure of American officials from an Australian Pacific island refugee camp has fanned fears among asylum-seekers that plans ...
Opposition Cries Foul As Congo Votes For Parliament
Congo voters go to the polls Sunday in legislative elections in the oil-rich African country, the first since violence-marred presidential ...
Eight Dead In Senegal Stadium Crush
Eight people were killed during Senegal's football league cup final in Dakar on Saturday in a stampede that broke out ...
Canadian Found Dead In Thai Cell Wanted Over ‘dark Web’ Market
A 26-year-old Canadian found dead in his Thai police cell this week was wanted in the US for allegedly running ...
No Visitors Allowed On Japan’s Men-Only UNESCO Island
Visitors will not be allowed to set foot on a men-only UNESCO World Heritage island in Japan from next year, ...
N. Korea Likely Has More Plutonium Than Previously Thought
New images of North Korea's main nuclear facility show that the isolated regime has apparently produced more plutonium for its ...
Outrage After Philippine Police Linked To Killing Reinstated
Legislators and human rights advocates angrily denounced the Philippine government on Friday for reinstating 19 policemen linked to the killing ...
Ranatunga Seeks Probe Into 2011 World Cup Defeat
Former Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday demanded an investigation into the country's 2011 World Cup final defeat by ...
Libya Trains Regular Army To ‘do Away With Militias’
Under a blazing sun at a military centre in western Libya, dozens of young recruits learn to march in formation, ...
World Reacts With Praise, Sadness To Liu Death
The world hailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo as a brave fighter for human rights after his death from ...
Sessions Said He Hadn’t Had Contact With Foreign Government In 7 YEARS
Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to report meetings last year with Russia's US ambassador on his security clearance application, according ...
Baghdad Probing Rights Abuses By Iraqi Forces
Baghdad is investigating allegations of torture and rights abuses meted out by Iraqi security forces to Islamic State prisoners in ...
Egypt Churches Suspend Activities For Security Reasons
Egypt's Coptic and Evangelical Churches have suspended some of their activities for security reasons after a spate of jihadist attacks, ...
US Attorney General Failed To Report Russia Meetings On Security Form
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to report meetings last year with Russia's US ambassador on his security clearance application, ...