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About 500 french children in jihadi-held areas of Iraq and Syria

Some 700 French adults, one-third of them women, and about 500 children are in jihadi-held areas in Iraq and Syria, an ...

Palestinian officials slam controversial remarks on Israeli occupation by US envoy

Senior Palestinian officials condemned the blatant bias of U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman for suggesting ...

Ghana declares "red alert" on illegal fishing

The Ghanaian government has declared a "red alert" in all forms of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing methods ...

Saudi king decrees women be allowed to drive

Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by ...

EU vows beefed-up measures to prevent food safety crisis

The European Commission and the European Union (EU) member states on Tuesday agreed to take concrete measures to ...

Nigeria nabs Boko Haram commander

A commander of terror group Boko Haram has been arrested in Nigeria, an army spokesman said on Tuesday. Sani ...

US citizen detained in Yemeni capital Sanaa

Yemens Houthi forces have detained a U.S. citizen in the capital Sanaa for reasons that were not immediately clear, ...

Seven arrested in Egypt after raising rainbow flag at concert

Egyptian police arrested seven people on Monday after they were seen raising a rainbow flag at a concert, security ...

Prison riot in central California leaves 1 inmate dead, 8 others wounded

Prison guards fired rubber bullets and pepper spray to quell a riot on Sunday involving more than 160 inmates at a ...

Merkel rejects yes-or-no answers in interview

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected a requirement of the German news channel ARD youth radio program ...

Millions of kids, teens suffer low levels in reading, maths: Unesco

The latest report released by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) on Thursday revealed that 617 million kids and ...

At least 216 people killed in Mexico quake

At least 216 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake hit central Mexico on Tuesday, with the death toll ...

VP leads RI delegation to attend UN General Assembly

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla led a delegation from his country in a summit at the 72nd UN General Assembly in ...

Four helicopters to carry aid for Rohingyas in Bangladesh

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi stated that four helicopters would carry humanitarian aid for the Rohingyas ...

TNI ready to send peacekeeping forces to Myanmar: Chief

The Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI), General Gatot Nurmantyo, said here, Friday, that Indonesia was ready ...