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Kenya calls for end to hostilities after ethnic clash kills 48

The Kenyan government on Wednesday called for immediate observance of peace and cessation of hostilities after Tuesday ...

Over 50 Kenyans hacked, burned to death: police

At least 52 Kenyans were hacked or burnt to death in ethnic clashes between two rival groups, the worst single attack ...

UN ends Syria mission as Aleppo under renewed attack

The United Nations called an end to its observer mission in Syria on Thursday, while activists reported more ...

Nigerian fuel tanker fire kills 92: witness

At least 92 people including women and children were killed on Thursday after a gasoline tanker crashed on the ...

US general accuses Haqqani network of Kabul attack

The US commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday accused the Pakistan-based Haqqani network of orchestrating a ...

Three NATO troops among 20 dead in Afghan suicide bombing

A suicide bomber killed 16 civilians and three foreign troops on patrol in the provincial Afghan capital of Khost on ...

Terrorist group leaders detained: Afghan official

Two leaders of a terrorist group that organized a deadly suicide attack in Afghan capital Kabul in December have been ...

Civilians among 16 killed in south Yemen: army

At least 16 people, including women and children, were killed on Thursday in clashes in Yemen`s southern province of ...

Afghan earthquake triggers landslide, scores trapped

More than 70 people were trapped in rubble after houses made of mud collapsed from two strong earthquakes on Monday ...

NATO apologises over Afghan deaths in air strike

The US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan has apologised over the deaths of civilians in an air strike this week, ...

Karzai condemns NATO air strike on civilians

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday condemned as unacceptable a NATO air strike that killed 18 civilians and would ...

At least 55 killed in new Syria massacre

At least 55 people, mostly from the same family, have been killed in a new massacre in Syria, the head of a watchdog ...

UN peacekeeping chief reports "appalling" situation in Syria

Herve Ladsous, the UN under- secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, on Tuesday described the recent situation ...

Western countries expel Syria envoys over killings

Seven Western governments expelled Syrian diplomats from their capitals on Tuesday in a coordinated action ...

Australia expels two Syrian diplomats over massacre

Australia Tuesday expelled two Syrian diplomats in response to the massacre at Houla of more than 100 people with ...