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Fighting erupts in South Sudan northern town
Heavy fighting broke out Wednesday in South Sudan\'s war-ravaged northeastern town of Malakal, pitting rival factions of government troops against each other, ...Italy urges EU, UN to tackle migrant crisis in Africa
The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Italy\'s Prime Minister Matteo ...Italy arrests captain, crew member of deadly migrant boat
Italian police have arrested two suspected people traffickers among the survivors of the migrant boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, as ...Egypt sentences ousted President Mohammed Mursi to 20 years in prison
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mursi was sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole on Tuesday, nearly three years after he was ...40 killed in fresh Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen
Two air strikes in Yemen on Tuesday killed at least 40 people, most of them civilians and wounded dozens of others, medical ...Mediterranean migrant deaths soar in 2015
More than 1,750 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean since the start of 2015, a 30-fold increase over the same period last ...Saudi-led coalition announces end to operation in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen for almost a month announced on Tuesday the end to its military operation, but a Saudi spokesman ...Air strike on missile base in Yemen capital kills at least seven
An air strike on a Scud missile base in the Yemeni capital Sanaa caused a big explosion that blew out windows in ...Egypt sentences 22 to death for attack on police
An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced 22 people to death after convicting them of storming a police station outside Cairo and killing ...Powerful quake hits Taiwan and Japan, tsunami warning lifted
One man died and another was hospitalised Monday after a fire caused by a powerful quake off Taiwan that also set buildings ...




