Three Shiite rebels and a Yemeni soldier were killed on Saturday in a gunfight on the outskirts of the northern city of Amran, rebels and a security official said. The rebels, known as Huthis or Ansarullah, had travelled to Amran to take part in a demonstration…
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China has new satellite images of one or more floating objects that could be related to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Saturday. “The news that I just received is that the Chinese ambassador…
Thousands of mourners packed a Shanghai square Saturday to bid farewell to “underground” Catholic Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang, whose faith led him to endure decades of suffering at the hands of China’s ruling Communist Party, they said. Fan, who was…
Nigerian police said Saturday they had raided a home near Lagos where eight pregnant girls were staying with plans to sell each of their newborns for nearly two thousand dollars. “Following intelligence report, we discovered and stormed on Friday a…
Three Palestinians were killed in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank early Saturday after Israeli soldiers launched an operation to arrest a militant, Palestinian officials said. Medical and security sources said two of the fatalities were militants…
Malaysia’s missing-plane crisis has exposed the shortcomings of a ruling regime already wrestling with a rapidly shrinking support base, fierce racial divisions and international criticism of its tough handling of political opponents. The same government…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged political office holders and corporate individuals to support Government’s efforts to alleviate…
Follow @{0}A child who attended a Koranic school in Senegal.DAKAR, 21 March 2014 (IRIN) – Despite pledges by the Senegalese…
Dismantling West Africa’s trade barriers can improve food security DAKAR, 20 March 2014 (IRIN) – Severe food shortages in the…
Follow @{0}ATT, former President of MaliBAMAKO, 18 March 2014 (IRIN) – As mali embarks on a difficult period of national…
The Bayelsa State Government has released the sum of N300 million for payment of gratuity to retirees, which will commence…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross…
ROME, Italy, March 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…
Iran is building a crude mock-up of an American aircraft carrier at a ship yard on its Gulf coast and US officials said Friday the goal of the project remains a mystery. Iran has made no attempt to hide its “curious” construction effort near Bandar…
At least seven Syrian soldiers and 17 rebels were killed Friday as three Islamist groups battled to take a border crossing into Turkey. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Islamists included the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front. “Al-Nusra…
French officials are investigating a couple of Indian origin after finding three young boys confined in appalling conditions in a suburban Paris flat. The parents were taken in for questioning after the 27-year-old mother gave birth in January and staff…
A Norwegian art museum on Friday returned a precious Matisse painting looted by the Nazis in the Second World War to the American heirs of the French art dealer Paul Rosenberg. The 1937 painting by Henri Matisse — “Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace…
British singer Kate Bush on Friday announced a surprise series of live shows in London later this year, 35 years after her one and only tour. The 55-year-old, who recently launched a new album, “50 Words For Snow”, will play 15 dates at the Hammersmith…
Authorities in Uganda have ordered a police investigation into complaints by elite female runners that they suffered sexual harassment and abuse from a top athletics coach, a report said Friday. The Daily Monitor said female runners were subjected to…
Canada’s high court on Friday rejected Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s appointment of a like-minded justice to the top court, saying the vacancy must be filled by a judge or lawyer from Quebec. In a 6-1 decision, Supreme Court justices barred Marc Nadon…