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Thousands of people in Nigeria’s Lagos state were left homeless on Sunday after police stormed an informal fishing settlement and set fire to their homes, according to rights groups and residents…

At least 21 people have been killed in an explosion inside a church in the Egyptian Nile delta city of Tanta, local media reported, as state television said another blast killed 11 in front of a…

Police in the Norwegian capital of Oslo said they neutralized an explosive device found in a busy area of downtown Oslo late Saturday night and said they had arrested a suspect.

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Indonesia’s police shot dead six suspected IS-linked militants in a gunfight on Java Island, a police spokesman said on April 9.

Seven men drove up to a traffic police post on Saturday and…

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has appointed Bruno Tshibala as the new prime minister of the power-sharing government.

Thousands of protesters clashed on Saturday for a fifth consecutive day with security forces in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.

Officers in riot gear blocked a highway as marchers tried to…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rallied hundreds of thousands of supporters in a gathering in Istanbul, days before a milestone referendum that seeks to grant his office extended powers…

The US Navy said on Saturday it had sent a carrier-led strike group to the Korean Peninsula in a show of force against North Korea’s “reckless” nuclear weapons program.

Skirmishes broke out on Saturday ahead of a campaign rally by French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, prompting the removal of more than a dozen protesters and the evacuation of the hall in Ajaccio…

Russia and the United States have traded barbs at an emergency session of the UN Security Council called by Moscow after the US Army launched a barrage of cruise missiles against a Syrian…

The Republican-led Senate on Friday gave Donald Trump the biggest triumph of his young presidency, confirming his Supreme Court nominee over stout Democratic opposition and restoring a…

IS fighters have killed dozens of civilians attempting to flee Mosul in recent days, hanging several dead bodies from electricity poles as Iraqi forces fight to retake the city, witnesses said.

Tens of thousands of protesters marched in several cities to demand that South African President Jacob Zuma resign after he fired the finance minister and reshuffled the Cabinet.

A ferry boat capsized in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwaddy delta, killing 20 people and leaving more than a dozen missing, police said. Thirty people were rescued after the ferry capsized in the Ngawun River…

US President Donald Trump ditched his trademark anti-China bombast, hailing an “outstanding” relationship with counterpart Xi Jinping at the end of a superpower summit on Friday overshadowed by…

Host communities and aid agencies in Uganda are struggling to feed and shelter new refugees who have been displaced following a spike in violence in parts of neighboring South Sudan’s Eastern…

A man arrested in Stockholm after Friday’s fatal lorry attack is believed to be the driver, Swedish police say.

The man, who was arrested in the north of the city, has not been named, but…

Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles is suspected of misappropriating government funds for personal and political use.

Rightwing Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles is…

France’s scandal-plagued conservative candidate Francois Fillon was hit in the face with flour on Thursday by a young man wearing a Fillon T-shirt as he prepared to address supporters in the…

At least three people were killed and many were injured when a truck drove into a crowd in the center of Sweden’s capital Stockholm, Swedish security police said.

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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he has ordered the armed forces to occupy all islands of the Philippines in South China Sea to strengthen the country’s claims.

“We…

Venezuelan opposition protesters and security officers clashed on Thursday, as the country’s fragmented opposition gained new impetus against a socialist government it blames for the country’s…

The Basque separatist group ETA has confirmed it will disarm on Saturday.

“’Disarmament day’ is tomorrow and we want to warn that still the process can be attacked by the enemies of peace…

A landmine explosion has killed at least 19 passengers of a minibus in Somalia hours after the troubled nation’s president declared a new war against the al-Shabaab armed group.

Gambians have voted for members of their one-chamber parliament in the first polls since Yahya Jammeh left power after more than 22 years.

Under Jammeh, the National Assembly was frequently…