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Borno state police command has confirmed that, 15 persons have been killed, including two suicide bombers that attacked Biu Market in Biu local government area of Borno state, northeast, Nigeria. A statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Victor Isuku said, the number of injured persons stood at 53. The statement reads: “Today 2/2/2017 […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Greece on Dec. 7-8, the presidency’s press information center confirmed on Saturday. Erdoğan — upon the invitation of Greece’s President Prokopis Pavlopoulos — will embark on the two-day official visit, where bilateral relations and regional issues are expected to be discussed. Presidential aide Ibrahim Kaın, also commented on Erdoğan’s […]

Abdulkadir Muktar is the Commander of a special branch of the Somali Police called the Maritime Police Unit, operating in the capital Mogadishu. Abdulkadir Muktar is the Commander of a special branch of the Somali Police called the Maritime Police Unit, operating in the capital Mogadishu. Abdulkadir was born in 1991, the year Siad Barre’s […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, shown in this November 29, 2017 photo released by the country’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), has been accused of putting nuclear ambitions ahead of the well-being of his citizens  Photo: KCNA via KNS/AFP UNITED NATIONS The United States, Britain, France and six other countries on Friday requested a meeting of […]

Washington should explain to the Russian ambassador why it had confiscated Russian diplomatic property and does not allow him to inspect the premises. This is what Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has suggested. McFaul, a vocal Kremlin critic, who was one of the first to float the idea of registering RT as a […]

Anti-Trump protesters are set to stage a demo at the US embassy in London after the president sparked a global backlash when he retweeted Islamophobic videos on Twitter. Planned protest: An anti-Trump visit demo has been planned after the US leader retweeted anti-Muslim videos Getty Images The US leader has faced criticism after unapologetically sharing the string of unverified anti-Muslim […]

A consortium of French and Italian shipbuilders, backed by their respective governments, on Friday offered to build 15 warships for Canada, reportedly at half the price it has budgeted to renew its naval fleet. The ships would be built based on the Frimm frigate design, pictured here. Photo: FRED TANNEAU / AFP Naval Group and […]

German police were searching on Saturday for the sender of a package initially feared to contain a bomb found near a Christmas market in Potsdam, almost a year after a deadly terror attack at a similar market in Berlin. Police are “undergoing intense investigations”. Photo: DPA The device was uncovered on Friday at a pharmacy […]

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution, which calls for an EU-wide embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the alleged war crimes it has committed in Yemen. The resolution also criticizes EU members selling arms to the Gulf kingdom. The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France © Christian Hartmann / Reuters The EU parliament “condemns […]

Former US President Barack Obama is expected to meet French President Emmanuel Macron and his predecessor, François Hollande, on Saturday as he wraps up a five-day global tour with a speech to elite opinion-makers in Paris.   © Jim Watson, AFP | Barack Obama’s visit to the French capital will reunite him with former French […]