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MOSCOW, Feb 29, (AFP): Moscow police on Monday arrested a nanny for beheading a young girl in her care, with witnesses saying the black-clad woman …
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Pakistan hangs ex-gov’s killer – Nation on alert as execution sparks tensions
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Feb 29, (Agencies): Pakistan Monday hanged the man who killed a provincial governor for seeking reform of the blasphemy law, angering Islamist supporters …
Read More »‘Thunder of the North’ starts – Hunt for 6 in officer’s death
RIYADH, Feb 28, (Agencies): Armed forces from 20 countries have begun manoeuvres in northeastern Saudi Arabia that the official Saudi Press Agency described as one …
Read More »IS launches Baghdad attacks
BAGHDAD, Feb 28, (Agencies): Militants attacked an outdoor market on Sunday in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 59 people and wounding nearly 100, officials said. …
Read More »Air strikes kill at least 34 militants – Clashes leave 5 Pakistani troops dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 28, (Agencies): The Pakistani military’s latest ground and aerial onslaught in the troubled northwest killed at least 34 Islamist militants Saturday while …
Read More »Fears of home-grown jihadist violence mount – Imam welcomes growing place of religion
NIAMEY, Feb 28, (AFP): Increasingly targeted by jihadist fighters roaming its remote northern desert, and Nigeria’s feared Boko Haram insurgents on its southern flank, Niger …
Read More »HH THE AMIR CABLES U.S., RUSSIAN LEADERS – Syria ceasefire comes into effect
DAMASCUS, Feb 27, (Agencies): Fighting subsided across much of Syria Saturday as the first major ceasefire of the devastating, five-year war appeared to broadly hold …
Read More »Greece becomes migrant ‘warehouse’
ATHENS, Greece, Feb 27, (Agencies): Greece is fast becoming the “warehouse of human beings” that its government has vowed not to allow. Hastily setup camps …
Read More »No lithium-ion in checked baggage: ICAO – Decision takes effect April 1
MONTREAL, Feb 27, (RTRS): Spare lithium-ion batteries will no longer be allowed in checked baggage on airlines as of April 1, the UN’s aviation agency …
Read More »G20 warns over loopholes in fight against terror finance
SHANGHAI, China, Feb 27, (AFP): More needs to be done to combat “loopholes and deficiencies” in the world financial system as part of the fight …
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