Suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Nigeria’s restive northeastern city of Maiduguri early Wednesday, officials said. “There were four explosions inside the camp,” the coordinator of the Muna camp Tijjani Lumani told AFP. “The bombers struck at different locations around 4:30 am. “The explosions triggered fires which burned down many tents”, […]
» Read moreAt least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a jihadist-held Syrian town, a monitor said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strike south of Al-Mansoura, a town held by the Islamic State group in the northern province of Raqa, “took place in the […]
» Read moreNorthern Ireland’s former Deputy First Minister and one-time IRA commander Martin McGuinness has died aged 66, his Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein said on Tuesday. Mr. McGuinness had resigned from politics in January, citing a serious illness and a breakdown in relations with the rival Democratic Unionist Party. “It is with deep regret and sadness that we have learnt of […]
» Read moreTen Indian fishermen were on Tuesday arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy when they were fishing near Katchatheevu, a fisheries department official said. They were arrested on charges of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line, Assistant Director of Fisheries, Kulanjinathan, said. The fishermen, belonging to Thangachimadam near here, were taken to Kankesanthurai along with their boat, he said.
» Read morePakistan’s first-ever woman Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Monday assumed charge as the new head of the Foreign Ministry. Ms. Janjua, who was serving as Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, was appointed as Foreign Secretary last month in place of Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry who was appointed as ambassador to the United States. “Tehmina Janjua has assumed charge […]
» Read moreKenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the military to deploy to the volatile counties of Baringo and Laikipia to calm deadly violence fueled by drought. Kenyatta announced Friday that as chairman of the National Security Council he has authorized the immediate deployment of the Kenya Defense Forces to support police in operations there. At least 21 people have died in […]
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