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Names of victims of the mosque attacks are read out at the national remembrance service, at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand March 29, 2019. (Reuters Photo) New Zealand honored the victims of the far-right terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques in a commemoration ceremony on Friday. Around 25,000 New Zealanders attended the memorial service for […]

A Somali boy walks near blood-stains and debris on the ground after an explosion outside a restaurant in Mogadishu that left at least 15 people dead At least 15 people died when a bomb exploded on a busy street and ripped into a nearby restaurant in Somalia’s capital on Thursday, medics said. Security officials and […]

Police buses await migrants who arrived on merchant ship Elhiblu 1, in Valletta’s Grand Harbour, Malta, on March 28, 2019. (Reuters) A Maltese special operations team on Thursday boarded a tanker that had been hijacked by migrantsrescued at sea, and returned control to the captain, before escorting it to a Maltese port. Armed military personnel stood […]

The winglet of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 is seen as it sits grounded at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, March 23, 2019. (AP Photo) Boeing said on Wednesday it had reprogrammed software on its 737 MAX to prevent erroneous data from triggering an anti-stall system that is facing mounting […]

Syria denounced the American move as a ‘flagrant violation’ of UN resolutions [Sergei Grits/AP] The United States came under sharp criticism from 14 other United Nations Security Council nations for its decision to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights in violation of international law. The Security Council met on Wednesday at the request of Syria, which in a letter to the […]

Israeli troops take up positions near the Gaza border on March 26, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces) IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi on Wednesday ordered troops along the Gaza border to remain on alert for “various scenarios in the region,” the army said, as Israel prepares for what it fears will be a violent weekend, […]

Five European countries with seats on the council earlier rejected Trump’s decision and voiced concern. (File photo: Reuters) Syria asked the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to hold an urgent meeting on the US decision to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Monday in which the United […]

  An overview of the part of the eastern sector of the IFO-2 camp in the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp, north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi seen. AFP  MKenya plans to shut a refugee camp that is home to nearly a quarter of a million people, mostly Somalis, in the next few months. The three-decade-old […]

Zulfirman Syah, 2-year-old son Averroes and mum Alta Sacra. Photo / Faceboo The youngest victim of the Christchurch mosque terror attacks has been released from hospital while his hero father continues to recover. Indonesian artist Zulfirman Syah saved his 2-year-old son Averroes’ life by shielding his body during the Linwood Mosque shooting on March 15. […]

Provinces – People in different provinces across Syria on Tuesday organized stands in protest against US President Donald Trump’s decision on the occupied Syrian Golan, affirming that it will return to the homeland Syria, SANA reported. In Sweida, people from different activities gathered near the building of the Governorate in condemnation of Trump’s declaration on the […]