MAROUA, 27 December 2013 (IRIN) – The authorities in Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital, have set up tighter border controls in…
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A US district judge in New York ruled on Friday that controversial telephone surveillance by the National Security Agency was lawful and a vital component of the war on Al-Qaeda. The ruling from Judge William Pauley of the southern district court in…
The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed a daring December 20 raid on a military barracks in the restive northeast, in a video obtained by AFP Friday. The insurgents stormed the barracks in the town of Bama in a convoy…
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Much-travelled French striker Djibril Cisse looks set to return to France after having transfer talks with Corsican side Bastia. The 32-year-old international forward has been playing at Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League since July, but…
India’s biggest Bitcoin trading platform said on its website Friday it had suspended operations after the central bank warned against the risks of using virtual money. BuySellBitCo.in closed its platform, citing an advisory by the Reserve Bank of India…
A Taliban suicide attacker detonated an explosives-packed car next to a NATO military convoy in Kabul on Friday, killing three NATO personnel and injuring at least four civilian passers-by, officials said. The blast in the Afghan capital left the twisted…
Egyptian police said Friday a man died in clashes as tensions soared in Cairo following a bus bombing and further arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood after its listing as a terrorist group. Defiant student supporters of the Brotherhood protested…
Russia was Friday to bury Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the iconic AK-47 assault rifle that was the favoured weapon of guerrillas worldwide, at a newly-opened cemetery for national heroes. Kalashnikov, who died on Monday at the age of 94, was…
I try to go camping at least once a year. The past few trips haven’t been far from Harrisburg; in fact, they’ve actually been within the city’s limits on islands planted in middle of the Susquehanna River. There are enough trees to surround a…
The two freed members of anti-Kremlin Russian punk group Pussy Riot arrived back in Moscow on Friday after reuniting in Siberia, ahead of holding their first news conference since their release earlier this week. Maria Alyokhina, 25, had already passed…
England strangled Australia’s batting to seize control of the fourth Ashes Test on a low-scoring second day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. The beleaguered tourists, with the Ashes already lost, boosted their chances of averting a 5-0 series…
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers faces FA action, and a possible disrepute charge, after complaining about referee Lee Mason in the wake of his team’s 2-1 defeat at Manchester City. Mason, who did appear to make errors on a number of key decisions…
Manchester United manager David Moyes believes his side’s traditionally strong spirit means they cannot be discounted from the Premier League title race. United battled back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Hull City on Thursday and record their third consecutive…
26 December 2013 – As efforts intensify to bring the Syrian sides to a negotiating table in Switzerland, United Nations…
26 December 2013 – The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees today condemned Israel’s latest demolitions in the West Bank…
26 December 2013 – Independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced serious concern about recent lethal drone airstrikes, allegedly…
24 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern about the escalating violence in Israel, Gaza and the West…
24 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his envoy for Yemen have welcomed an agreement, reached yesterday through the…
23 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that preparations for the long-awaited international conference aimed at achieving a…