Gunmen in southern Nigeria have killed a local driver and kidnapped as many as seven people, at least three of whom are Australian citizens and one an Australian resident, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday. There was some initial confusion over the number of victims and nationalities of[…]
The United States warned China on Wednesday against taking “additional provocative actions” following an impending international court ruling on the South China Sea that is expected to largely reject Beijing’s broad territorial claims. A senior State Department official voiced skepticism at China’s claim that dozens of countries backed its position[…]
Millions of Britons will head to the polls on Thursday to vote on whether the UK will remain a part of the European Union. The divisive referendum has sparked the greatest emergency in the EU’s 60-year history. A record 46.5 million voters have signed up to weigh in on a[…]
Myanmar has banned its officials from referring to the oppressed Muslim minority as Rohingya, instead insisting they are called “people who believe in Islam”. The order by the Information Ministry attempts to sidestep the controversy that surrounds the identity of the Rohingya and head off disquiet during an ongoing visit[…]
The Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood, announced on 11 June that the group would compete in the September 20 parliamentary elections. The IAF’s participation stands in contrast to the group’s boycotting of the previous two consecutive races in 2013 and 2010. Zaki Bani Rhaid,[…]
Confusion over command and control and rules of engagement marred a response by United Nations peacekeepers to deadly violence in a U.N. compound in South Sudan sheltering nearly 50,000 civilians, the world body said on Tuesday. During the two-day incident in Malakal in February, at least 30 civilians were killed[…]
North Korea has reportedly test-fired two Musudan mid-range ballistic missiles from its east coast. The first launch appeared to have failed, according to US and Seoul military sources, but it was not clear if the second was successful. “The North launched one missile presumed to be Musudan from areas near[…]
Rival sides in Britain’s referendum on European Union membership clashed in a passionate debate to the roars of an audience of six thousand in a London concert arena. The debate on Tuesday evening, ahead of Thursday’s referendum, was a final opportunity for the two camps to win over voters, with[…]
Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian bystander and seriously injured four other Palestinian teens early Tuesday morning west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, after Palestinian youth nearby threw stones and Molotov cocktails at Israeli settlers, lightly injuring them. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the death[…]
A special advisor to Nigeria’s former president Goodluck Jonathan has been charged with corruption and given bail, the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Tuesday. Waripamo-Owei Dudafa is facing 23 counts of “concealment and retention of proceeds of crime” worth more than 1.6 billion naira ($7.8 million, 6.8[…]
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