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Nigeria checking if would-be bomber is captured Chibok girl INTERNATIONAL

Nigeria checking if would-be bomber is captured Chibok girl

Nigeria is waiting for the green light from Cameroon to verify a would-be suicide bomber's claim that she is one of 276 Nigerian school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq buries young victims of football pitch bomb carnage ASIA

Iraq buries young victims of football pitch bomb carnage

Iraq on Saturday buried the victims, among them many young boys, of a suicide attack that ripped through a trophy ceremony after a football tournament and killed 32 people.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two suicide bombers kill 22 in Maiduguri, NE Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Two suicide bombers kill 22 in Maiduguri, NE Nigeria

At least 22 people were killed on Wednesday when two women disguised as men blew themselves up during morning prayers at a mosque in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, rescue officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
N Korea sentences US student to 15 years hard labour INTERNATIONAL

N Korea sentences US student to 15 years hard labour

North Korea on Wednesday sentenced an American student, who had admitted to stealing a propaganda banner from a hotel, to 15 years hard labour for subversive activities, state media said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bus blast kills at least 16 in NW Pakistan INTERNATIONAL

Bus blast kills at least 16 in NW Pakistan

At least 16 people were killed and more than two dozen wounded when a bomb blew up inside a bus in Peshawar, the main city of Pakistan's insurgency-wracked northwest, officials said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS group claims killing of 'preacher' in Bangladesh INTERNATIONAL

IS group claims killing of 'preacher' in Bangladesh

The Islamic State group said Tuesday it killed a Bangladeshi who was hacked to death this week, describing the victim as a top Shia preacher.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Russia begins withdrawal of military equipment from Syria ASIA

Russia begins withdrawal of military equipment from Syria

Russia has begun to withdraw military equipment from Syria, the defence ministry said Tuesday, after Moscow announced it will pull the bulk of its forces from the war-torn country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bahrain deports Lebanese for Hezbollah links ASIA

Bahrain deports Lebanese for Hezbollah links

The Gulf kingdom of Bahrain has deported several Lebanese residents for links to the Hezbollah movement, classified by the Arab League as a terrorist group, the interior ministry said Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kidnapped son of slain Pakistan governor found after five years INTERNATIONAL

Kidnapped son of slain Pakistan governor found after five years

The kidnapped son of a liberal Pakistani governor assassinated by his bodyguard was found, senior officials said Tuesday, just over a week after his father's killer was hanged.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Australian Navy seizes huge weapons cache headed for Somalia INTERNATIONAL

Australian Navy seizes huge weapons cache headed for Somalia

Almost 2,000 assault rifles plus grenade launchers and heavy machine guns were seized by an Australian warship, the navy said Monday, part of international efforts to police the seas off Somalia.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Taliban reject peace talks with Afghan government INTERNATIONAL

Taliban reject peace talks with Afghan government

The Taliban on Saturday refused to hold direct peace talks with the Afghan government, dealing a blow to international efforts to revive long-stalled negotiations aimed at ending the deadly 14-year insurgency.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Egypt court sentences 7 to death over cadet bombing ASIA

Egypt court sentences 7 to death over cadet bombing

An Egyptian military court has handed down seven death sentences for an April 2015 bombing that killed two army cadets as they waited to board a bus, an army official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016