Chad’s detained opposition leader ends hunger strike
N’Djamena – Chad opposition leader and former prime minister Succès Masra, who has been in custody for more than... Read more
1 Jul
Twenty bodies, some headless, found in Mexican cartel bastion
Culiacán – The bodies of 20 people, several of them decapitated, were found on a highway bridge in a... Read more
1 Jul
Clashes in Istanbul over alleged ‘Prophet Mohammed’ cartoon
Istanbul – Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an... Read more
1 Jul
Tunisian govt critic gets new jail term: lawyer
Tunis – A Tunisian court on Monday sentenced lawyer and commentator Sonia Dahmani to two extra years in prison... Read more
1 Jul
Algeria court to rule on bid to double writer’s jail term
Algiers – An Algerian court is expected to deliver a verdict Tuesday on prosecutors’ bid to double the jail... Read more
1 Jul
Gaza rescuers say Israeli forces kill over 50 as ceasefire calls mount
Gaza City – Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 51 people, including 24 at a... Read more
1 Jul
Over 14 million people could die from US foreign aid cuts – study
Paris – More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could... Read more
1 Jul
Trump: ‘I’m not talking to Iran – we blew up their nukes’
Washington – US President Donald Trump said on Monday he was not offering Iran anything nor talking to it... Read more
30 Jun
Sudan gold mine collapse kills 11: state company
Khartoum – A partial collapse of a traditional gold mine has killed 11 miners and wounded seven others in... Read more
30 Jun
Togo groups say recent protests left 7 dead
Lome – At least seven people were killed and many others wounded during recent anti-government protests in the Togolese... Read more
30 Jun
