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Martial law in southern Philippines could last a year: Duterte

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday martial law in the southern region of Mindanao could last a year, as he vowed it would be...

Duterte: Martial Law in Mindanao to last for 60 days

(Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte reviews the honour guard in Moscow’s Vnukovo airport late Tuesday May 22, 2017. Photo credits: Alexander Nemevov/AFP) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte...

Boko Haram traps starving people in Nigeria, UN warns

Two million people are teetering on the brink of famine in northeastern Nigeria but efforts to reach some are being thwarted by Boko Haram...

Fifth UN peacekeeper found dead after Central Africa attack

The UN said Thursday another peacekeeper has been found dead in the Central African Republic, bringing to five the toll from an attack this...

Baby deaths soar 30% in Venezuela

Deaths of babies soared by 30 percent last year in Venezuela, hit by shortages of food and medicine in an economic and political crisis,...

IS Afghanistan leader reportedly killed

The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan -- believed to be the mastermind behind several high-profile attacks including an assault on a military hospital...

Looting ravages Venezuela, unrest death toll hits 36

A young man died Friday after he was injured in violence as looting broke out in impoverished Venezuelan cities, an official said, bringing the...

7 hurt in twin blasts in Tacurong City

Seven people were injured when two bomb explosions rocked a petrol station in a southern Philippine city near rebel enclaves, police said Tuesday.  An improvised...

Dureza: Ceasefire is another step closer to our dream

The Philippine government and communist rebels have agreed in principle on an interim ceasefire to boost ongoing peace talks aimed at ending one of...

Truce on agenda in new round of Philippine rebel talks

Philippine government officials launched a new round of talks with communist rebels aiming to hammer out an interim ceasefire in moves to end one...

Boko Haram kidnap 22 girls, women in northeast Nigeria

Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, residents and vigilantes told AFP Friday. In the first...

Bodies of two UN experts found in DR Congo as violence spirals

Two foreign UN contractors who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the government said, as spiralling violence...

46 people killed in March ethnic clashes in Nigeria

At least 46 people were killed and almost 100 others wounded in clashes between rival ethnic groups in southwest Nigeria earlier this month, police...

Twin Taliban suicide attacks in Kabul kill 16

Sixteen people were killed Wednesday in simultaneous Taliban suicide assaults on two security compounds in Kabul, as the insurgents ramp up attacks even before...
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