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9 years ago | September 13, 2015
Lawmakers pass assisted-suicide bill
California lawmakers have passed a bill allowing terminally ill patients to legally end their lives with the help of a ...
100 die in gas cylinder blast
New Delhi — At least 104 people died when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in a packed restaurant in India’s central ...
Kenya launches operation against extremists
Kampala — Kenya on Friday announced a new security operation aimed at ousting Islamic extremists from a forest along the ...
9 years ago | September 6, 2015
Al Shabaab militants seize two towns in southern Somalia
Islamist militants Al Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southwestern Somalia, a spokesman for the ...
9 years ago | August 30, 2015
Nigeria smashes Boko Haram spy ring
Nigeria has uncovered a spy cell run by militant Islamist group Boko Haram at the international airport in the capital ...
EU parliament chief attacks ‘cynical’ states over refugee crisis
The “glaring failures” of some European countries to take in refugees are turning the Mediterranean into a mass grave ...
38 Swazi maidens perish in reed dance accident
Mbabane – The Swaziland Solidarity Network says 38 girls were killed in an accident while they were on their way ...
UN threatens embargo, warns South Sudan rivals to honour ceasefire
The UN Security Council has warned the warring sides in South Sudan they face an arms embargo and other sanctions if ...
DR Congo fires leave thousands homeless
Kinshasa – Widespread bush fires fanned by strong winds have destroyed hundreds of homes in the Democratic ...
9 years ago | August 23, 2015
Egyptian Brotherhood leader handed sixth life in prison sentence
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and several other prominent Islamists were sentenced to life in prison ...
Former Cote d’Ivoire PM to challenge Ouattara for presidency
Abidjan – Former Ivory Coast Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny registered as a candidate for president on Friday ...
Sexual relations were consensual, claims Mandela grandson
Johannesburg — A grandson of the late Nelson Mandela who is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl, on Friday claimed the ...
‘First Lady’ of Cambodia’s bloody Khmer Rouge dies aged 83
Phnom Penh – The former “first lady” of Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge regime died on Saturday, according to a ...
Iran unveils new surface-to-surface missile, says seeks peace ...
Iran on Saturday unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile it said could strike targets with pin-point accuracy within a ...
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