Boko Haram frees hostages as Chad enters regional fight
MALTAM, Cameroun: Boko Haram freed two dozen hostages after a mass abduction by its militants in Cameroon, as Chad prepared…
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Massive anti-Charlie Hebdo rally in Chechnya
GROZNY, Russia: The furious backlash against French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed rumbled on Monday with a…
Visiting US senators see new era in historic Cuba talks
HAVANA: US lawmakers visiting Havana voiced hope Monday that historic talks between US and Cuban officials this week will mark…
Hospital and university hit as Ukraine clashes flare
DONETSK, Ukraine: Deadly clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels threatened civilians in central Donetsk on Monday, with shelling hitting…
Russian forces attack Ukraine troops in separatist east: Kiev
KIEV: Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers fighting pro-Kremlin insurgents in the ex-Soviet republic’s separatist east.…
AirAsia plane climbed at speed ‘beyond normal’ then stalled — Minister
JAKARTA: An AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month with 162 people on board climbed at a…
AirAsia jet climbed ‘too fast’ before crash, says minister
Ignasius Jonan told Parliament that radar data showed the Airbus A320 was climbing at about 6,000 feet a minute before…
Anti-Muslim incidents soar in France in wake of Paris attacks
PARIS: The number of anti-Muslim incidents in France has soared since the Islamist attacks in Paris two weeks ago, an…