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NEW DELHI, Oct 27, (Agencies): India announced Thursday it was expelling a Pakistani visa official for suspected spying after he was briefly detained carrying sensitive …
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Abu Sayyaf pockets $7.3m – Kidnap for ransom
MANILA, Philippines, Oct 27, (AP): Abu Sayyaf pocketed at least 353 million pesos ($7.3 million) from ransom kidnappings in the first six months of the …
Read More »‘Girls’ in Bangladesh forced into marriage – Education deprived
DHAKA, Oct 25, (RTRS): It was after fl oods washed away her family’s river-front land in Bangladesh’s northern Jamalpur district that Brishti Rafiq’s widowed father …
Read More »Somali extremist gunmen kill 12 ‘non-Muslims’ in northern Kenya – Attackers used grenades, homemade explosives
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 25, (Agencies): Islamic extremist gunmen from neighboring Somalia killed 12 people in an attack on non-Muslims in Kenya’s northern Mandera County, an …
Read More »Extremists kill 61 in Pakistan attack
QUETTA, Pakistan, Oct 25, (AFP): Pakistan on Tuesday mourned the killing of at least 61 people in a brutal gun and suicide bomb assault on …
Read More »Amir condoles death in Qatar
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24, (Agencies): His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of condolences Sunday to Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim …
Read More »Gunmen kill intel officer in Pakistan – IS claims responsibility
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 24, (AFP): Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead an intelligence officer in northwest Pakistan on Monday, police said, in an attack …
Read More »France clears Calais ‘Jungle’ – Camp symbol of failed migration policies
CALAIS, France, Oct 24, (RTRS): France began clearing the sprawling “Jungle” migrant camp on Monday as hundreds gave up on their dreams of reaching Britain, …
Read More »Kurds gain on Mosul
ERBIL, Oct 23, (RTRS): Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic State on Sunday as coalition forces pressed …
Read More »US ‘warns’ on Istanbul risks
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct 23, (AFP): The United States has warned its citizens of the potential risk of terror attack or attempted kidnapping of foreigners in …
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