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Militiamen rape 127 women in east Congo town
Armed men raped 127 women earlier this month during a raid on a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo\'s South Kivu ...Nearly 800 migrants reach land in Indonesia, others sent back to sea
Nearly 800 "boat people" were brought ashore in Indonesia on Friday but other vessels crammed with migrants were sent back to sea ...Clashes erupt after Burundi coup attempt
Heavy fighting between rival Burundian troops erupted in the capital on Thursday, the day after a top general launched a coup to ...Taliban claim responsibility for attack on Kabul guesthouse that killed 5
The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack on a popular guesthouse in Kabul that officials said killed at least ...Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi releases audio message
The leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Thursday urged Muslims to emigrate to his self-proclaimed "caliphate", in the ...Ukraine appoints US senator McCain presidential aide
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed John McCain, a hawkish US senator who has pressed Washington to send lethal weapons to war-torn ...Burundi president loyalists say coup failed amid sporadic shooting
The head of Burundi\'s army said on Thursday that an attempted coup had failed and forces loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza were ...Iranian ships fire warning shots at Singapore-flagged vessel in Gulf
Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces fired warning shots at a Singapore-flagged commercial ship in the Gulf on Thursday, before vessels from the United ...Nepal prime minister lends helicopter to woman badly injured in earthquake
A Nepali woman seriously injured by falling debris in Tuesday\'s earthquake was airlifted to a Kathmandu hospital on Thursday in the prime ...Malaysia and Thailand turn away hundreds on migrant boats
Malaysia turned away two vessels carrying hundreds of migrants while one boat turned up Thursday in Thai waters, as critics accused Southeast ...