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February 17, 2018 5:10 PM

Suicide bombers killed 19 people in Nigeria

Three suicide bombers killed 19 people and injured about 70 others at a fish market in northeast Nigeria, in an attack blamed on Boko Haram insurgency. <br/><br/>The blasts happened last night in Konduga, some 35 kilometres southeast of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. <br/><...

February 17, 2018 5:10 PM

Indonesia signs deal to buy 11 Sukhoi Su-35 jets from Russia

Indonesia has signed a deal to buy 11 Sukhoi Su-35 jets from Russia. <br/><br/>Indonesian defence ministry spokesman Totok Sugiharto said, the contract, signed by both countries representatives in Jakarta on Wednesday, is worth a total 1.14 billion dollars. <br/><br/>He said,...

February 17, 2018 5:04 PM

Pak girl rape & murder case: Accused Imran Ali gets four death sentences

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has given 24-year-old man, Imran Ali Naqshbandi, four death sentences for raping and murdering seven-year-old girl Zainab Amin last month. <br/><br/>Imran was handed death sentences for kidnapping, rape, murder and an act of terrorism, a life sentence ...

February 17, 2018 1:56 PM

FBI admits failure to act on Florida school gunman, drawing anger

In the United States, FBI has said, it had failed to act on a tip warning that the man accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school possessed a gun, the desire to kill and the potential to commit a school shooting. The FBI said in a statement that a person described as someone close to accu...

February 17, 2018 12:42 PM

Israeli protesters urge Netanyahu to step down over bribery allegations

In Israel, demonstrations were held in Tel Aviv yesterday for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The protests at Tel Aviv square took place after police recommended that Mr Netanyahu may be charged with bribery in two corruption cases. Police had said that there was evidence that ...

February 17, 2018 12:42 PM

Nine dead in fire at waste facility in China

In China, nine people have been killed in a fire at a waste processing facility in Guangdong province. State news agency Xinhua said, the fire broke out in the facility in Qingyuan city in the early hours today. Police said, they have started an investigation into the incident.<br/>

February 17, 2018 8:41 AM

Turkey sentences journalists to life in jail over coup attempt

A Turkish court has sentenced six journalists to life in jail for alleged links to the July 2016 coup plotters. They have been found guilty of links to US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, blamed over the failed coup. <br/><br/>The state-run Anadolu news Agency said the court in Si...

February 17, 2018 8:39 AM

Security conference begins in Munich

World leaders and Ministers are meeting in Munich to discuss pressing security issues, including North Korea's nuclear and missile programs and the Syrian civil war. The annual Munich Security Conference opened in the southern Germany city yesterday. <br/><br/>It will continue till ...

February 17, 2018 8:33 AM

Ethiopia declares national state of emergency

A state of emergency has been declared in Ethiopia after the resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. <br/><br/>Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation citing a decision by the Council of Ministers said in Addis Ababa yesterday that a state of emergency has been declared as of now....

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