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February 18, 2018 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese authorities Sunday released dozens of activists and political detainees almost from the National Umma Party (NUP) while have kept in jail the leaders of left forces including the leaders of the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) and Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP). Among the released detainees are Sarah Nugdalla, NUP […]

The Mount Sinabung volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island erupted on Monday causing clouds of ash to reach heights of 5,000 kilometers prompting Indonesia to raise aviation warnings. Mount Sinabung volcano spews lava and ash during an eruption as seen from Tiga Serangkai village. (File Photo: Reuters) The volcano, which is 2,460 meters high, has been […]

A Spanish judge on Monday allowed leading Catalan separatist Marta Rovira, who faces charges over her region’s independence bid, to walk free but ordered her to post bail of €60,000 ($75,000), a source close to the case said. Marta Rovira walked free after posting bail of €60,000. Photo: AFP Judge Pablo Llarena placed Rovira under […]

Nearly 2,000 have been sent away since 2013 because the government says they lied on asylum application forms. Despite its reputation as a haven for refugees, Canada has been deporting North Korean asylum seekers who came to the country through South Korea.  Nearly 2,000 have been kicked out of the country since 2013 because the government says they […]

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militant group has announced killing twenty Iraqi security personnel in an ambush in southwest of Kirkuk. Islamic State militants. File photo. According to Amaq website, the group’s media arm, “IS members killed 20 Iraqi security personnel and burnt five vehicles in an ambush on Sunday evening, southwest of al-Riyad town in […]

Police in southwestern Germany have released a man who stabbed three refugees outside a church on Saturday. A local newspaper expressed disbelief at the fact the crime wasn’t taken more seriously. Photo: DPA A 25-year-old Iraqi was taken to hospital with severe injuries on Saturday evening after a 70-year-old man attacked him with a knife […]

President Donald Trump railed against the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election Saturday night into Sunday, sending off a stream of tweets attacking the FBI, CNN, the Democratic Party, his own national security adviser, former President Barack Obama and the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. President Donald Trump’s tweets came after […]

The top United Nations humanitarian official in Somalia has commended the drought relief and recovery efforts of the authorities in the northern state of Puntland, while cautioning that the current humanitarian crisis is far from over. A woman walks in drought-hit Salaxley village, 15 kilometers south of Garowe in Puntland, one of the regions hit […]

The 81-year-old Pope Francis admitted on Saturday that he struggles with modern technology. Pope Francis arrives at the Basilica of Sant’Anselmo on Wednesday. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP “I don’t know how to use online networks and that kind of thing, not even mobile phones, I don’t have one,” he told his audience. “I don’t know how […]

A Kurdish YPG official claims regime forces to fight alongside Kurdish fighters to defend Afrin from Turkish incursion. The Kurdish YPG fighters claim they have reached a deal to allow Syrian government troops to enter Afrin to help repel a Turkish incursion in the northwestern part of the border town. The US support for YPG-led […]