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Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:26
Dozens of Bahraini protesters on Friday clashed with security forces who fired bird shot and tear gas to disperse them during an anti-government rally over the detention of an opposition leader, a Reuters witness said.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:25
Heroin and meth are far easier to transport and conceal than marijuana. Especially worrisome to U.S. officials is a growing trend of more border-crossing pedestrians carrying the drugs strapped under their clothing or hidden in body cavities.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:21
The Ghana Air Force has deployed one of its two C295 transport aircraft to Mali to support the United Nations-led MINUSMA mission there, as it continues to operate its transport aircraft on behalf of the United Nations.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:19
Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc, says the unilateral truce it declared last month is being threatened by the army's continuing attacks. The Colombian government and the Farc have been engaged in peace talks in Cuba since November 2012.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:18
Somalia must build its own national army if the war ravaged country is to have meaningful stability, Uganda’s Defence minister Crispus Kiyonga has said.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:14
The Chinese People's Liberation Army will shortly start deploying a 700-strong infantry battalion to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan peace-keeping and stabilisation, marking the first ever international deployment of Chinese combat troops with the UN in Africa.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:14
Six suspected drug traffickers were killed in a shootout with police in a "favela," or shantytown, in Niteroi, a city outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian police said Sunday.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:12
According to Amnesty International, the group's assault on a Nigerian border town may be its "deadliest act" yet.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:10
If you thought 17 dead in Paris was bad enough for one week, you were wrong. In Nigeria, more than 2,000 people are feared dead after Boko Haram launched its deadliest-ever attack on a strategic north-eastern town.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:08
The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, in central Nigeria, has accused the West of ignoring the threat of the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram.