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Iraqi group says 490 protesters killed since October
Iraq’s semi-official human rights commission said Saturday at least 490 protesters have been killed in Baghdad and southern cities in nearly three ...12 killed, dozens injured as plane crashes in Kazakhstan
Twelve people died and dozens were injured on Friday when a passenger plane carrying 100 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Kazakhstan’s ...Egyptian Youtube star held for videos criticizing president
Egyptian authorities have arrested an online comedian who criticized President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in a Youtube video, according to a rights lawyer and ...UN condemns attack that killed 17 civilians in north Yemen
The United Nations has condemned the shelling of a busy market that killed at least 17 people earlier this week in northern ...Afghan war caused 100,000 civilian casualties in last decade: UN
More than 100,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured over the past decade, the United Nations reported Thursday, as it renewed ...‘Ring of fire’ eclipse enthrals skywatchers in Middle East, Asia
Skywatchers from Saudi Arabia and Oman to India and Singapore were treated to a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse Thursday. Annular ...Typhoon Phanfone hits Philippines
Christmas turned to chaos for many holiday observers in the central Philippines as a typhoon with strong winds and heavy rains destroyed ...35 civilians, 80 jihadists killed in attack in Burkina Faso
Jihadists in Burkina Faso killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women, when they simultaneously attacked a town in the north and ...Iraqi city in turmoil after activist’s death
Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched Wednesday in southern Iraq to mourn a dead activist after a night during which the headquarters of ...Sudan inks peace deal with rebel faction, paves way for more
Sudan’s transitional authorities and a rebel faction reached a peace deal on Tuesday, part of government efforts to end the country’s decadeslong ...














