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Heavy gunfire reported in Guinea’s capital Conakry Sunday near the presidential palace. Social media users shared the heavy gunfire ringing out over the city, and vehicles full of soldiers approaching the central bank, close to the palace. The situation has raised security concerns in

Italian stunt pilot Dario Costa didn’t seek the heights Saturday but the depth of a tunnel. By flying through the two tunnels on the Northern Marmara Highway in Istanbul’s Çatalca district he broke the world record of longest tunnel flight by

Engineers at the Libyan oil ports of Es Sider and Zueitina said on Saturday that production was normal despite the announcement by a group calling themselves people of the oil crescent region that they were blocking exports. The group said in

Almost half the population of Afghanistan needs humanitarian aid to survive and the country faces the threat of basic services collapsing completely, the United Nations chief warned Tuesday, urging nations to help Afghans “in their darkest hour of need.” Secretary-General Antonio

The body of British journalist Syed Taalay Ahmed, 31, from Hartlepool, was working for Muslim Television Ahmadiyya International (MTA) killed by armed robbers while on a reporting trip to Ghana is being repatriated on Wednesday. Mr. Ahmed left behind a wife

Tunisian media mogul and ex-presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been arrested in Algeria for illegally entering the country. Mr Karoui, who owns Nesma TV, was arrested in the city of Tebessa on the Tunisian border together with four others including his

Zambia’s new President Hakainde Hichilema has replaced the country’s top military commanders and the head of the police – and signalled a focus on the security forces being more accountable to the citizens. The president late on Sunday announced new commanders

A Brazilian woman has been sentenced to 31 years in prison for planning the murder of her husband, the former Greek ambassador to Brazil. In 2016, Kyriakos Amiridis’ charred remains were found in the boot of a burnt-out car in Rio