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One man wanted for questioning is a senior North Korean embassy official [EPA] Malaysian police have launched an investigation into how the killers of Kim Jong-nam obtained the highly toxic nerve agent allegedly used in the assassination of the North Korean leader’s half brother. Police have detained and are questioning a North Korean national suspected […]

State-owned newspaper Al-Ahram, renowned for its pro-government stance, released a report Saturday slamming police abuses of power and negligence. The report follows in the footsteps of a series of similar pieces in the usually timid Egyptian press. The provocatively-worded article, titled “Those who don’t die of torture, die of suffocation”, focuses primarily on poor treatment, […]

Provinces – Army units operating in the eastern countryside of Homs established control over new areas in the eastern part of al-Bayarat and in the direction of the strategic mountain of al-Hayal in the western countryside of Tadmur (Palmyra) city. Army units, in cooperation with supporting forces, destroyed the last gatherings of I  SIS in […]

Hassan Ali Khaire gave a video address after his appointment. Photo: Mraazaa/Wikimedia Commons  Norway’s anti-immigration Progress Party has called for Somalia’s new Prime Minister to be stripped of his Norwegian passport, arguing that a country’s leader should not have multiple nationalities. Somalia’s new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as Farmajo, announced Hassan Ali Khaire’s appointment […]

Muhammad doesn’t say a word. The little boy barely moves in his father’s lap. But his penetrating eyes burn with intensity from his gaunt face. His shirt droops as it hangs from his tiny shoulders. His arms protrude from his sleeves like two sticks. The doctor at this World Vision mobile clinic in Puntland lifts […]

Syrian refugees sing along as the choir sings on stage. For a few hours on Thursday night, Syrian refugees who fled their war-torn country to Turkey, forgot their plight and joined a merry choir at a concert held especially for them in southern Turkey. The Civilizations Choir of Antakya, consisting of musicians and chorists from […]

Security forces storm ISIL-held Mosul International Airport as they continue offensive on western half of the city. US-backed Iraqi security forces closing in on the ISIL-held western half of Mosul have stormed the city’s airport and a nearby military base, state television said. Counterterrorism service (CTS) troops and elite interior ministry units known as Rapid […]

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques meets Somalia’s President. SPA Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo have discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation and the developments in the region. Farmajo’s trip to Riyadh was his first official foreign visit after his Feb. 8 election. […]

A coalition of Arab states seeking to drive the Houthis from the capital, Sanaa [File: Faisal Al Nasser/Reuters] At least seven Saudi soldiers have been killed in the past week in clashes with Yemeni rebels, state media has said. In an unusual series of official reports, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported late on Monday […]