Boko Haram pledges allegiance to IS group after carnage in Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in an audio message published online on Saturday, after…
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Taiwan ship carrying 49 crew missing in South Atlantic
TAIPEI: A Taiwanese ship carrying 49 crew has vanished in the remote South Atlantic Ocean without any sign of a…
Middle East-bound teens ‘stopped at Sydney airport’
SYDNEY: Australia yesterday said it stopped two teenage brothers at Sydney Airport believed to be heading to the Middle East…
Police officer shoots, kills black teenager in Wisconsin
WASHINGTON: A police officer shot and killed a 19-year-old black youth who allegedly assaulted him in Madison, Wisconsin, the city’s…
At least 33 dead in northeast Nigeria bomb attacks: witnesses, official
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA: Three bombings rocked separate targets in northeast Nigeria’s largest city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 33…
Islamist group claims deadly Bamako nightclub attack
NOUAKCHOTT: A jihadist group run by a leading Algerian militant claimed responsibility Saturday for the deaths of five people in…
Moro rebels sign up to vote in Philippines
SULTAN KUDARAT, Philippines: Hundreds of Muslim rebels lined up in the Philippines yesterday to register as voters, keeping faith with…
San Francisco hospital completes 6-way kidney swap
SAN FRANCISCO: Doctors at a San Francisco hospital on Friday completed kidney transplant surgeries in a rare organ-transplant chain from…