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Thousands flee to beaches as fires encircle Australian towns
Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee to beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia Tuesday, as deadly blazes ripped through popular ...Sudan sentences 29 intelligence agents to hang for teacher’s killing
A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 intelligence agents to death for torturing and killing a protester early this year, an AFP ...Iraq warns US ties at stake after deadly strikes
Iraq’s government warned Monday that its relations with the United States were at risk after deadly American air strikes against a pro-Iran ...Sudan, rebels, agree plan to end conflict in Darfur
The Sudanese government and nine rebel groups on Saturday signed an agreement on a roadmap towards ending the bloody conflict in the ...Turkey speeds up Libya troop deployment deal to prevent slide into ‘chaos’
Turkey’s foreign minister warned that the Libyan conflict risks sliding into chaos and becoming the next Syria, as he sought to speed ...Blast hits military parade in Yemen, at least five dead
A missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group struck a military parade in Yemen’s southern separatist-held town of al-Dhalea, killing at least ...Massive car bomb kills at least 90 in Mogadishu
At least 90 people were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded at a bustling checkpoint in the Somali ...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 ...Syrian opposition calls on the world to aid rebel-held Idlib
A Syrian opposition leader called Friday on the international community to help millions of civilians in the country’s last rebel-held stronghold amid ...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 ...