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Kenya braces for fresh protests despite president’s tax climbdown
By Aaron Ross Reuters Kenyan police put up roadblocks on streets leading to the presidential palace on Thursday as some protesters vowed ...Kenyan protesters promise more rallies after deadly parliament violence
By Aaron Ross Reuters Kenyan protesters vowed on Wednesday to keep up their demonstrations against new tax hikes, a day after police opened ...WikiLeaks founder Assange freed in US plea deal
By Andrew McKirdy and Harumi Ozawa AFP Julian Assange was on his way back to his native Australia as a free man ...Israeli airstrikes kill at least 24 in Gaza City, say Gaza officials
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in three separate airstrikes on Gaza City early on Tuesday, health ...WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released from prison after US plea deal
By Selim SAHEB ETTABA AFP Julian Assange was released from prison Monday and has left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a ...Fresh unrest in New Caledonia after independence activists flown to France for detention
Pro-independence protesters burned police vehicles and blocked roads in New Caledonia on Monday, authorities in the French Pacific territory said, as anger ...Gunmen in Russia’s Dagestan kill police and priest in ‘terror’ attack
Gunmen attacked churches and synagogues in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing at least eight police and national guard ...Thousands of Iran-backed fighters offer to join Hezbollah in its fight against Israel
BY BASSEM MROUE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA AP Thousands of fighters from Iran-backed groups in the Middle East are ready to come to ...Militia kills at least 23 people in eastern Congo village attacks
By Yassin Kombi and Erikas Mwisi Kambale Reuters A militia killed at least 23 people in attacks on several villages in eastern ...Israel pounds Gaza, killing dozens, as fighting rages
By Nidal al-Mughrabi Reuters CAIRO – Israeli forces pounded Rafah in southern Gaza on Friday, as well as other areas across the ...














