Afghan security forces have been deployed following reports of heavy gunfire and explosions in Kabul. A guesthouse housing foreign contractors, in the neighbourhood of Wazir Akbar Khan, is thought to be one of the targets. The attack allegedly began with a suicide bombing and retaliation gunfire by security forces. A dozen explosions were detonated over an hour…
DetailsThe US city of Baltimore is being rocked by a planned week of protests, with hundreds of people demanding justice, over the death of a man injured in police custody. Freddie Gray was arrested on April 12, but died on Sunday after slipping into a coma. An autopsy revealed that he died of a spinal injury.…
DetailsA Cairo court has sentenced the ousted Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, on charges of fomenting violence.
DetailsThe European Parliament has urged Turkey to acknowledge the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces as genocide.
DetailsOver 400 drowned off the Libyan coast
DetailsIran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated on Thursday that the tentative agreement on Tehran’s nuclear programme is no guarantee.
DetailsOver 200 people from the Yazidi community that were held captive by the Islamic State in Mosul have been released.
DetailsBoston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been found guilty of all 30 federal charges, with 17 of those convictions making him eligible for the death penalty.
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