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North Korea warns of war with South after artillery fire

North Korea warns of war with South after artillery fire

Aug 21, – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his front-line troops in a “quasi-state of war” and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between the rivals in years. South Korea’s military on Thursday fired dozens of artillery rounds across the border in response to […]

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At least 13 dead in al Shabaab attack on Somali hotel

At least 13 dead in al Shabaab attack on Somali hotel

Jul 26, – A Reuters witness said blood and pieces of flesh were spattered around the site of the blast targeting the Jazeera hotel. Nearby was the wreckage of four cars. The Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and […]

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Saudi Arabia delivers arms to Aden airport, first landing at airport in months

Saudi Arabia delivers arms to Aden airport, first landing at airport in months

Jul 22, – “This marks the start of the airport operation,” Yemen’s Transport Minister Badr Basalma said at the airport on Wednesday, according to the Saudi-owned broadcaster Al Arabiya television. “Planes carrying humanitarian assistance are expected to arrive at the airport in the coming two days.” A Saudi Arabian military aircraft carrying arms for pro-government […]

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Nigeria’s Buhari vows to recover ‘stolen’ oil money

Nigeria’s Buhari vows to recover ‘stolen’ oil money

Jul 22, – The 72-year-old head of state, in Washington for talks with US officials, alleged that 250,000 barrels of crude were being stolen every day, with the profits going into individual bank accounts. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to recover “mind-boggling” amounts of stolen oil money and bring those responsible to book, his […]

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Pakistani military sends helicopters to help flooded areas

Pakistani military sends helicopters to help flooded areas

Jul 22, – The government says so far three people have died while 285,000 have been affected by the floods in and around the city of Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan’s military and authorities have deployed helicopters and boats to evacuate residents from the worst-hit areas in the country’s north, where monsoon rains and […]

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Missile kills 18 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo- monitor

Missile kills 18 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo- monitor

Jul 21, – “The missile struck when people were still inside their homes in the Maghayir district. It killed 18 civilians, including one child, and wounded dozens of others,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. A missile fired by Syrian forces killed at least 18 civilians on Tuesday in […]

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Anguish and anger as families bid farewell to Turkey bombing victims

Anguish and anger as families bid farewell to Turkey bombing victims

Jul 21, – Twenty five coffins holding the large majority of the 32 killed in Monday’s attack on the Turkish town of Suruc were laid out in the courtyard of a mosque in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep following an autopsy. Crying and shouting slogans against jihadists, relatives of the victims of the suicide […]

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27 dead in Turkey blast near Syria border- ministry

27 dead in Turkey blast near Syria border- ministry

Jul 20, – At least 27 people were killed on Monday in an explosion in a cultural centre in the Turkish town of Suruc near the border with Syria,the interior ministry said. The cause of the blast in the town — which lies opposite the Syrian flashpoint of Kobane — was not immediately clear, though […]

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More than 400 arrested in Saudi crackdown on IS

More than 400 arrested in Saudi crackdown on IS

Jul 18, – The IS jihadist group has claimed several deadly attacks in the Sunni-dominated kingdom. Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it has broken up an Islamic State group-linked network and made more than 430 arrests, foiling new attacks on Shiite mosques and a diplomatic mission. Authorities have “managed over the past few weeks to destroy […]

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Moonshine kills at least 94 in India city slum

Moonshine kills at least 94 in India city slum

Jun 21, – The 10 men died late Saturday, three days after drinking the cheap liquor in Malvani, in Mumbai’s Malad suburb. Around 40 others were being treated in hospitals, including 15 in critical condition. Ten more people died in Mumbai from drinking tainted liquor, raising the death toll to 94 in the worst such […]

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