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8 years ago | December 12, 2015

Saudi Arabian women vote for first time in local elections

SAUDI Arabian women voted for the first time on Saturday in local council elections and also stood as candidates, a step ...

Thousands of Iraqis in Baghdad, Basra protest Turkish deployment ...

THOUSANDS of Iraqis protested on Saturday against Ankara’s deployment of troops to a base near the northern city of ...

8 years ago | December 6, 2015

SA authorities deny issuing arrest warrant for Pistorius

JOHANNESBURG — South African authorities on Friday denied issuing an arrest warrant for Oscar Pistorius, who was ...

Islamic State claims California killers of 14

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Islamic State said yesterday that a married couple who killed 14 people in California in an ...

8 civilians killed in CAR attack

Bangui — Armed men in the Central African Republic killed eight civilians at a camp for internally displaced people ...

8 years ago | November 29, 2015

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for martyrs in Uganda

Kampala — Pope Francis travelled to Uganda’s holiest shrine yesterday, paying tribute to 19th century Christian martyrs ...

8 years ago | November 22, 2015

Arab paranioa gets passengers booted off United States flight

New York – Two men were kept from boarding a flight from Chicago to Philadelphia this week because they were ...

Putin calls for global war on terrorism

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday global cooperation was need to confront terrorism in the wake of an ...

8 years ago | November 15, 2015

ISIS claims responsibility for attacks

In a statement claiming responsibility, Islamic State said “eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying assault ...

At least 22 dead in Central African Republic village attacks

BANGUI — At least 22 people were killed in a string of raids on villages in Central African Republic this week, a local ...

South African drought follows third-driest season in 80 years

THE sugar-growing South African province of KwaZulu Natal is the driest it has been in over a century, according to data ...

8 years ago | November 8, 2015

Sierra Leone officially declared ebola-free

Sierra Leone has been declared free of ebola by the World Health Organisation, prompting nationwide celebrations tinged ...

Granny shreds one million euros to spite heirs

An Austrian 85-year-old cut up into tiny pieces almost a million euros ($1,1 million) in an apparent attempt to spite ...

Burundi leaders told to stop inciting mass violence

The international community has condemned Burundi’s government for inciting violence amid a deteriorating security ...

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