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2014 deadliest year in Iraq for civilians since 2006-7 bloodshed: U.N.

Violence in Iraq in 2014 killed at least 12,282 civilians, making it the deadliest year since the se...

Jan 02, 2015 07:19 AM EST

Somalia's parliament approves new prime minister

Somalia's lawmakers on Wednesday approved the appointment of new Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali ...

Dec 25, 2014 08:31 AM EST

China rebukes Turkey for offer to shelter Uighur refugees

China on Friday lashed out at Turkey for offering shelter to roughly 200 Uighurs from the western Ch...

Nov 29, 2014 07:05 AM EST

Egyptian inquiry into political violence seeks changes to protest law

An Egyptian committee investigating political violence made a rare break on Wednesday with judicial ...

Nov 27, 2014 02:07 AM EST

Iran supreme leader moves to break impasse over key cabinet post

Iran's supreme leader moved on Saturday to break a factional deadlock over the sensitive Ministry of...

Nov 22, 2014 08:45 PM EST

U.N. blacklists Libya's Ansar al-Sharia, involved in Benghazi attack

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday blacklisted two branches of the Islamist extremist group Ansa...

Nov 20, 2014 02:25 AM EST

Embattled Somali PM tells ministers to resign if they are unhappy

Somalia's prime minister told cabinet ministers on Monday to resign if they are unhappy, intensifyin...

Nov 18, 2014 12:59 AM EST

Burkina Faso names former foreign minister Kafando transitional president

Authorities in Burkina Faso named former foreign minister Michel Kafando as transitional president o...

Nov 17, 2014 12:55 AM EST

Tunisian Islamists concede election defeat to secular party

Tunisia's Ennahda party, the first Islamist movement to secure power after the 2011 "Arab Spring" re...

Oct 27, 2014 09:56 PM EDT

France criticizes slow deployment of U.N. peacekeepers in Mali

France's defense minister on Monday criticized the slow deployment of U.N. peacekeepers in Mali's vo...

Oct 27, 2014 09:45 PM EDT

Tunisia forces kill six after standoff with militants outside Tunis

Tunisian security forces on Friday killed six people, including five women, after a standoff with an...

Oct 24, 2014 08:36 AM EDT

Ten Chinese workers among 27 hostages freed in Cameroon

Twenty-seven hostages seized by militant group Boko Haram in Cameroon in May and July have been rele...

Oct 12, 2014 09:48 AM EDT

China sentences four for explosives, bid for 'jihad': report

China has sentenced four people to up to 20 years in jail for "plotting terror attacks", state media...

Sep 18, 2014 01:33 AM EDT

Ahead of independence vote, Britain pledges state funding to Scotland

Britain promised to guarantee Scotland high levels of state funding, granting Scots greater control ...

Sep 16, 2014 10:01 AM EDT

China says 'rescues' more children from Xinjiang religious schools

A sweep on illegal religious activity in the capital of China's unruly far western region of Xinjian...

Sep 15, 2014 12:13 PM EDT

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