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Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:45
The attacks have provoked a widening security crackdown, and left Tunisians wondering if their country can withstand the onslaught of terrorism without giving up the tentative freedoms they — alone in the region — earned with their revolution that set off the Arab Spring more than four years ago.
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:41
Pro-government fighters recaptured a provincial capital Sunday in southern Yemen after three days of intense fighting against Shiite rebels and their allies, military officials said, the latest in a string of battlefield successes by the Saudi-backed troops.
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:38
President Uhuru Kenyatta began his first state visit to Uganda on Saturday to a 21-gun salute and talks covering security, anti-terrorism, and growing trade between the two eastern African neighbours.
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:35
The first attack by Islamic extremists in a central Mali town, in which nine people were killed, shows that jihadist aggressions are spreading in the country.
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:34
If it seems like 2015 has been especially violent in Mexico City, that’s because it has been. The number of murders committed in the capital in the first six months of the year is the highest since 1999, and more than 15 percent higher than last year.
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:33
Nigeria said Friday it would step up domestic arms manufacture for the military to cut its reliance on foreign weaponry in its fight with Boko Haram Islamists.
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:32
Miguel Ángel Jiménez, who helped uncover mass graves around Iguala, was found shot dead inside his taxi on the outskirts of Acapulco.
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:31
Delays and sporadic violence troubled Haitian legislative elections on Sunday as the country voted for its next parliament after a years-long wait.
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:30
The United States' U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power warned Friday that "horrible attacks" on both sides in Burundi risk creating "a cycle of violence and a spiral of violence."
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:28
Under Congo’s Constitution, the president is limited to two terms. However, delays in the packed electoral calendar, are stoking fears that a postponed presidential election could allow Mr. Kabila to stay in power for months or even years longer.