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Iraqi and Iranian forces push on toward Tikrit
Iraqi government forces and Iran-backed militiamen entered a town on the southern outskirts of Saddam Hussein\'s home city Tikrit on Friday, pressing ...Ex-minister arrested for Gaddafi funds to Sarkozy campaign
Former French interior minister Claude Gueant was taken into custody on Friday in connection with a probe into the alleged financing by ...South Sudan peace talks collapse
South Sudan\'s warring leaders failed to reach a deal to end more than a year of civil war, mediators said, with the ...Girlfriend of slain Russian politican Nemtsov says she has received death threats
The Ukrainian girlfriend of murdered Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, who was by his side when he was shot dead, has complained ...Blast in Syria kills top al Qaeda commander
Al Qaeda\'s official Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, announced on Thursday the death of its top military commander, who insurgent sources said ...British teacher jailed for trying to join Islamic State in Syria
A chemistry teacher was jailed for six years in Britain on Thursday for trying to join Islamic State jihadists fighting in Syria, ...Algeria passes law banning violence against women
Algeria\'s parliament passed a law on Thursday criminalising violence against women, in a move criticised by both Islamist lawmakers as well as ...Warplanes hit Tripoli airport before UN talks start
Warplanes from Libya\'s internationally recognized government carried out air strikes on a Tripoli airport on Thursday just hours before United Nations-backed peace ...Indonesia rejects Australian proposal of prisoner swap for death row pair
Indonesia rejected on Thursday an Australian proposal for a prisoner swap made in an 11th hour effort to save the lives of ...Chad president tells Boko Haram leader to surrender or face death
President Idriss Deby of Chad said on Wednesday he knew the whereabouts of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Nigerian militant group ...




