Syria Overtakes Afghanistan As World's Least-Peaceful Nation
Syria has overtaken Afghanistan as the world's least-peaceful country, according to a new study, with South Sudan coming in third. The...
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60 killed, several injured in Aleppo bombings
Syrian government helicopters have dropped barrel bombs on opposition-held districts of the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 60 p...
Jamaica to legalise personal use of marijuana
Jamaica is to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana, joining the trickle of countries moving to soften laws on the dr...
Mayor of Venice resigns over corruption probe
The mayor of the Italian city of Venice, Giorgio Orsoni, has resigned amid a wider investigation into alleged corruption over new flood ba...
Missing Plane: Families get $50,000 payments
The families of passengers on the missing Malaysian passenger plane have begun to receive initial compensation payments of $50,000 (£30,00...
Russian tank incursion unacceptable, says Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told President Vladimir Putin that reports of Russian tanks moving into Ukrainian territory are u...
Pakistani brothers jailed, for exhuming, eating corpses
A court in central Pakistan on Wednesday sentenced two brothers to 12-year jail terms for eating the flesh from corpses they had removed fro...
Philippines captures top al-Qaeda militant
Philippine security forces captured on Wednesday a top al Qaeda-linked Islamist wanted by the U.S. and involved in the kidnapping of Weste...
17 Indian policemen sentenced to life for murder
A special court in New Delhi on Monday sentenced 17 policemen to life in prison for killing a 22-year-old student in 2009. A court in New De...
Five die in Las Vegas shootings
Two people have shot and killed two police officers in the US city of Las Vegas, before killing another person and then shooting themselve...
Taliban claims responsibility for Pakistani airport attack; 28 dead
The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for an hours-long attack at the country's largest and busiest airport that killed at ...
Cameroon Education Minister Arrested For Suspected Embezzlement
Cameroon's secondary education minister Louis Bapes Bapes was arrested and remanded in custody on suspected embezzlement of public funds...
Egyptian Soldier Killed, 3 Police Wounded As Militants Attack Bus In Sinia Peninsula
An Egyptian soldier was killed on Sunday when militants attacked the bus he was driving in the town of Al-Arish in the Sinai Peninsula, the ...
Kenya Orders Somali Refugees Back To Camps After Attacks
Kenya on Tuesday ordered all Somali refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to end attacks by Islamist militants ca...
Boat Accident Death Toll In Western Uganda Rises To 107
One hundred and seven people have died after a boat capsized in a lake along the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ugan...
Couple Make Love Behind Dumpster In Broad Daylight On St. Patrick’s Day {PICTURED}
Two University of Delaware students got so drunk on St. Patrick’s Day that they just couldn’t wait to get home to have sex. They made it as ...
French Forces Kill 40 AL-Qaeda Linked Fighters In Northern Mali
French forces operating in northern Mali killed about 40 fighters believed to be Al-Qaeda-linked rebels who were trying to regroup after bei...
Niger Republic Fear Contagion From Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists
A proverb in the Hausa language, spoken on both sides of the border between Niger and Nigeria, warns: "When your neighbor's beard i...
NATO Chief Lambastes Moscow’s Annexation Of Crimea As Illegal
Russia’s advances in Ukraine are the greatest threat to European security since the Cold War, NATO’s chief said Wednesday, making it clear t...
Cameroon Lawyer Wins Award For Defending Gay Rights In Africa
A lawyer in Cameroon has been recognised for her work to promote gay rights in Africa with an award from Amnesty International. Alice Nkom h...
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