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  Five of the inmates and the three guards were killed by Daesh prisoners during the riot that erupted on Sunday evening at a facility near the capital Dushanbe, the justice ministry said in a statement. (AA) Central Asian nation’s Justice Ministry says the riot broke out late on Sunday in the prison in the […]

 Gunmen who kidnapped two Cuban doctors in northeastern Kenya and whisked them to Somalia have demanded $1.5 million (1.35 million euros) for their release, police and government sources said Thursday. The pair – a general practitioner and a surgeon – were abducted on April 12 by suspected Al-Shabaab jihadis in Mandera, near the border with […]

In this May 10, 2019 photo released by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dan Snow, U.S. Navy via AP) U.S. diplomats warned Saturday that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced […]

VIDEO: Prime Minister Scott Morrison said ‘I have always believed in miracles’ in his victory speech. (ABC News) Having campaigned as a one-man show, Scott Morrison — the author of a “miracle victory” — now finds himself with that rarest and most inscrutable of political assets: the one mandate. Think “Aladdin’s Cave” for politicians. Mr Morrison genuinely […]

Mohammed Huwais, AFP | Smoke billows following an air strike in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on May 16, 2019. The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen carried out several air strikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Thursday after the Iranian-aligned movement claimed responsibility for drone attacks on Saudi oil installations.  The Sanaa strikes targeted nine military sites […]

Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives for the launch of Labour’s European election campaign in Kent, Britain, May 9, 2019. (Reuters Photo) Britain’s tumultuous divorce from the European Union was again in disarray on Friday as the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch cross-party talks were dead in the twilight of Prime Minister Theresa […]

Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images When President Donald Trump made good on his promise to be “Tariff Man” this week, he sent economists into a lather, launched the stock markets on a wild and largely downward ride, and thrilled parts of his political base, who saw a president finally willing to use his bluntest policy weapon against America’s […]

Federica Mogherini, right, chaired a meeting with German, French and British foreign ministers in Brussels [Francois Lenoir via Reuters] European diplomats urged the United States to exercise “maximum restraint” as tensions mount in the Gulf a year after Washington withdrew from a landmark deal that curbed Iran‘s nuclear programme. Federica Mogherini, the European Union‘s diplomatic chief, stressed the need […]

Several protesters and one army major killed in Khartoum as tear gas and live rounds fired against demonstrators. At least five demonstrators and one army major have been killed in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, hours after protest leaders and the ruling generals reached a deal on transitional authorities to run the country following the overthrow of […]