Boko Haram retakes NE town from Nigerian army
AFP, Maiduguri :Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have forced hundreds of soldiers to flee Marte, a border town along the shores of Lake Chad, a local...
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Chile volcano erupts for first time in decades
AFP, Puerto Varas :A volcano in Chile that had been inactive for over 50 years suddenly erupted twice in the space of hours, blasting huge...
Harrowing victim testimony in Boston bomber sentencing
AFP, Boston :Relatives of the policeman shot dead after the Boston bombings gave harrowing testimony Wednesday as the defense downplayed a new video of convicted...
China leaders to meet Taiwan ruling party chief: Xinhua
AFP, Beijing :Leaders of China’s Communist Party will meet the chairman of Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party early next month,state media said Friday, amid improving...
France foils five terror attacks
BBC Online :French police have foiled five terror attacks in recent months, Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said.He said the latest was a planned attack...
Diplomatic push for final Iran nuclear deal in Vienna
Reuters, Vienna :U.S. Under Secretary Wendy Sherman and Tehran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will resume talks about curbing Iran’s nuclear programme later on Thursday,...
EU leaders ‘will allow just 5,000 migrants who cross the Mediterranean to settle in Europe’
Daily Mail .cm :Just 5,000 migrants will be allowed to resettle in Europe – with more than 150,000 due to be sent back home –...
Fugitive ends 40 years on the run to get healthcare
BBC Online :A fugitive in Kentucky has turned himself in to authorities after decades on the run, so he can get medical care.Clarence Moore, 66,...
China, Japan agree to improve ties
Reuters, Tokyo :Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on Wednesday to work on improving ties between the two countries, Jiji...
Islamist rebel leader arrested in Russia
AFP, Moscow :Russia said Monday the leader of the Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus was killed in a special operation, and militants confirmed his...
US, Ukraine start military training, defying Russian fury
AFP, Ukraine :US paratroopers on Monday began training Ukrainian government forces who will fight pro-Russian separatists in the east, angering Moscow as the deadly conflict...
800 dead after Sunday’s Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: UN
AFP, Catania :The United Nations refugee agency has confirmed 800 migrants died in a shipwreck off Libya on Sunday after speaking to survivors of the...